Downing v. Schwenck

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, while riding as a guest in an automobile owned and operated by Peter Metzger. Metzger, who was a resident of Ohio, is alleged to have been guilty of gross negligence in driving onto a narrow bridge in Cedar county, Nebraska, and colliding with a truck. He, as well as his wife, were killed in the collision, and this action was attempted to be brought in Cedar county, Nebraska, against his executors, who were residents of Ohio and had been appointed by the courts of that state, by service of process upon the secretary of state,…