Bennett v. Deaton

Respondents brought this action against appellants for damages for the wrongful death of their minor son, Theo Bennett, and for hospital expenses, doctor bills, nurses’ hire and burial expenses. The death was caused by the automobile driven by appellant R. C. Deaton, he then being in the course of his employment for appellant Sussman Wormser & Company, striking Theo Bennett on the highway between Salt Lake and Pocatello at a point about three-fourths of a mile north of Virginia, Idaho.

At or about the time and the scene of the collision appellant Deaton was driving his automobile on the…