Henderson v. National Mutual Casualty Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was an action by parents to recover damages for the wrongful death of their son, Norval Henderson, a single man, resulting from an automobile collision at night between the car in which he was a passenger and an object parked on the highway.

No administrator had been appointed for the decedent’s estate. Plaintiffs were alleged to be the parents of the deceased and his next of kin.

Defendants were Lee N. Guthrie, doing business as the Guthrie Truck Line, and National Mutual Casualty Company, a corporation, his insurance carrier.

Defendants…