Botz v. Krips

Nelson, Justice.

This action was brought by Leona Krips against Mercida Krips and Edward Sobota to recover for personal injuries. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff against Mercida Krips alone. Mercida appeals from the order of the trial court denying her alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial on the question of liability alone. We shall refer to her hereinafter as defendant.

The pertinent facts are as follows: On May 12, 1961, defendant, then 39 years of age, drove her 1954 Chevrolet automobile south on U. S. Highway No. 71 from Bemidji to a point…