Ind v. Bailey

Hilton, Justice.

Personal injury action in which the plaintiff seeks compensation for damages to one of his trucks which was struck by an automobile driven by Frank Bailey, deceased, near Elgin, Illinois, on the morning of January 4, 1934. Defendant, administrator of the estate of Bailey, interposed a counterclaim for damages for wrongful death and property loss. The trial court directed a verdict against defendant as to that. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $617.60. This is an appeal-from an order-denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The undisputed…