Cruse v. Dole

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action to recover damages for wrongful death. The deceased person was Mary Cruse, who was survived by her husband and two adult daughters. The husband was appointed as administrator of.his wife’s estate and brought the action in his representative capacity.

The petition alleged that on October 27, 1940, Mary Cruse was riding in an automobile driven by her husband on a country road west of Newton, and in a collision with an automobile negligently operated by the defendant, she sustained injuries from which she died. The answer of…