Newell v. Ritter

Fern Newell, administrator of the estate of Ovid Newell, deceased, brought suit against John Ritter, the owner, and Arthur Ritter, driver of an automobile that on the night of August 13, 1933, at about 2 a. m. struck plaintiff’s decedent and caused injuries from which he died the following morning. Plaintiff’s decedent was 67 years of age and just prior to the accident was traveling south with his daughter on highway M-47 in a car owned and driven by Orville Wakley, a neighbor. As they approached the northerly end of Maple river bridge about four miles from Owosso they discovered a disabled…