Hageman v. Townsend

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Appeal from judgment entered in the district court of Gallatin County following return of a jury verdict for plaintiff.

The record discloses that plaintiff’s son, Richard Lee Hageman, was killed on July 22, 1962, while riding as a passenger in a car owned and being operated by one of the defendants, Lawrence E. Townsend. Marvin D. Holdiman, another defendant, was operating an alfalfa truck in the course of his employment by the defendant, Belgrade De-Hy, Inc. The truck and its semi-trailer had approached U.S. Highway 10 from…