Higgins v. Mason

Plaintiff’s intestate died from injuries received in an automobile wreck. The car belonged to defendant, but was being driven by plaintiff at the time. Plaintiff and her husband, with the defendant and his wife, were returning in the late evening from a pleasure trip, when for some reason, either mechanical or because of the manner of operation, the car turned to the left, was capsized in the ditch and wrecked.

The theory upon which the plaintiff has recovered is that, in the morning while the defendant was driving, the car, for some unknown reason, swerved violently to the left, and the right…