Cordes v. Doepke

The plaintiff in this ease originally sued the Alms & Doepke Company, a corporation, and Robert H. Doepke, individually, *562for the negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate by the defendant, Robert H. Doepke, in the course of his employment as the servant of the Alms & Doepke Company.

At the first trial, of this case, at the close of the plaintiff’s testimony, a motion to elect, filed on behalf of each defendant, was. overruled, and a joint judgment was entered against both defendants, against whom the jury found a joint verdict.

The court of appeals, in the case of Doepke v. Cordes, case…