Packard v. O'Neil

ADAIR, Commissioner.

This action was commenced to recover damages growing out of an accident on a public highway, resulting in the death of one William E. Packard. From a judgment in favor of the widow and surviving child, which judgment was based upon a verdict of a jury, and from an order overruling a motion for a new trial, the cause is before this court on appeal.

At some time prior to 11:30 on the night of April 15, 1925, the appellant, an operator of a public autostage, was driving an automobile in an easterly direction from Boise, on what is designated as the Boise-Mountain Home road. At…