Bowers v. Kugler

Plaintiff, as administratrix, brought this action to recover for the death of her husband, killed in a motor vehicle accident near Red Cloud. The jury returned a verdict for *685$15,600, which the trial judge ordered reduced to $13,600. The defendant appeals from the judgment entered thereon.

The plaintiff’s husband, Delbert L. Bowers, aged 29, was the owner and driver of a practically new 1937 1%-ton Chevrolet truck, in which he hauled fruit and stock and other things to central and western Nebraska, earning about $200 a month. He was driving east at the time of the accident, and two men were…