Mann v. Chase

Plaintiff, as the only heir of Earl Robert Mann, who died of injuries received when an automobile in which he was riding as a guest struck an embankment and overturned, sued John E. Chase, a minor, driver of the car, Franklin D. Chase, its owner and the brother of John, and Mary C. Chase, their mother, who had signed John’s application for a driver’s license. The court found that the accident was the proximate result of the wilful misconduct of John Chase who was driving in an intoxicated condition, and judgment was rendered as follows: “From Defendant John F. Chase the sum of $10,500.00;…