Schubert v. August Schubert Wagon Co.

The plaintiff, while riding in an automobile, was injured through the negligent act of the driver of another automobile owned by the defendant corporation. The defendant’s servant, who was driving the defendant’s automobile, was the plaintiff’s husband. If the defendant’s servant, who caused her injury, had not been her husband, the verdict of the jury in her favor would have been justified.

Does the fact that such servant was her husband deprive her of the verdict?' It is conceded that the question has never been determined in this State. It has, however, been determined in other…