Ogden v. Baker

This action was brought by Clint Baker, as plaintiff, against the defendant, D. F. Ogden, executor of the last will and testament of Wid Gaines, deceased, to recover hospital and medical expenses incurred by him on behalf of his minor son, Gene Baker, who was injured while riding in a pickup truck belonging to Wid Gaines. At the close of the evidence the trial court overruled defendant’s motion for an instructed verdict and submitted the cause to a jury which returned a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

Undisputed facts are that on July 18, 1946, Don Kinkead, the grandson of Wid…