Varney v. Taylor

NOBLE, Justice.

This action for the wrongful death of J. R. Varney arose from a head-on collision between a pickup truck driven by decedent and a butane truck owned by Arrow Gas Company and driven by Dennis Leo Taylor. Arrow Gas and Taylor have appealed from an award of $37,886.00 by the court sitting without a jury. Varney’s administrator has cross-appealed.

Appellants attack findings 4 and •7 which in effect found the defendants •negligent; and an absence of contributory negligence on the part of Varney..The appeal turns on whether the findings are substantially supported by the evidence. In…