Amenda v. Suits

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Whiteside county on a jury verdict which awarded plaintiff the sum of $11,000 for the wrongful death of her husband.

Defendant contends on this appeal that the trial court should have allowed defendant’s motion for a directed verdict or for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, that the verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence, and that the court refused a proper instruction tendered by defendant.

The testimony of plaintiff’s witnesses establishes the following facts:

Plaintiff’s intestate was riding as a guest in the…