Bujalski v. Metzler Motor Sales Co.

Plaintiff brought this action in the circuit court under the death act (CL 1948, § 691.581 et seq. [Stat Ann §27.711 et seep]) to recover for funeral and burial expenses and other pecuniary injuries resulting from such death.

Plaintiff’s decedent was the 18-year-old son of plaintiff. He was single and lived on the family farm with plaintiff, his widowed mother, and another brother, Ronald, 20 years of age. Plaintiff’s decedent had a regular job at the Bay City Bank earning $75 semimonthly. After coming home from the bank, it was usual for the deceased, from the beginning of the crop season…