Cox v. Polson Logging Co.

In this action recovery is sought for the alleged wrongful death of plaintiff’s deceased husband, Otto Cox, who was killed when an automobile in which he was riding as a guest ran into the side of a logging train owned by the defendant, Poison Logging Company, and operated by its employees. The cause was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict for the plaintiff, administratrix of the decedent’s estate, in the sum of $19,411. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied and, after argument upon defendant’s alternative motion for new trial, the court ruled that…