Standard Oil Co. v. Crane

The appellee, as plaintiff, brought suit to recover damages arising out of the death of her husband in a collision between a ear driven by him and a truck owned by the Standard Oil Company driven by its servant Davis, who is a joint defendant. From a verdict of $15,000 in plaintiff’s favor, defendants appeal.

The first assignment of error relates to the refusal to grant a peremptory instruction to the defendants. We find no error here. The defendants ’■ gasoline truck was proceeding north on a paved highway near the Town of McHenry. The accident happened early upon a foggy morning during the…