Boyd v. . Williams

BROgkder, J".

A wife, living with her husband, is riding with him along the highway, in a cfir owned, controlled and driven by the husband. The car fails to make a curve and is apparently wrecked or turned over, killing the husband and seriously injuring the wife. She sues the estate of the deceased husband for damages and is allowed to testify as to violations of the statute regulating the operation of automobiles, and that she made, a statement to her deceased husband at the time “about the rate of speed at which he was driving.”

These facts produce two questions of law:

1. Does C. S., 1795,…