Petersen v. Midwest Transfer Co.

Plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of Clarence Robert Petersen, deceased, brought this action under the Wrongful Death Act (Ch. 70 R. S.) against Midwest Transfer Company of Illinois and Floyd Johnson. The circuit court entered judgment against the plaintiff on a jury verdict finding the defendant not guilty.

Plaintiff brings this appeal from such judgment.

On the night of July 27-28, 1948, about nine p. m., the decedent, Clarence Robert Petersen, accompanied by Therlow Marshall was driving southerly on Route 51 a small truck owned by Marshall. The defendant Floyd Johnson, as agent of…