McDowell v. Interstate Oil Co.

J. I. McDowell, administrator of the estate of .Joe:. Robert McDowell, deceased, the appellee, as plaintiff, brought an action in the district court of "Woodbury County against the appellant, Interstate Oil Company, a corporation, as defendant, seeking to recover damages for the wrongful death of Joe Robert McDowell.

One question is decisive of this controversy. It relates to the proximate cause of the said injury, death, and resulting damages. Appellant’s negligence in the operation of a motor truck is made the basis for the redress demanded. At the time of the accident, on the afternoon of…