Collar v. Maycroft

This suit arising out of an automobile accident is brought under the survival act (3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 14040) for the recovery of damages incident to the death of Allen Collar, a 13-year old boy. On trial before the court without a jury plaintiff had judgment from which defendants have appealed.

On the day of the accident Allen Collar was riding in a Dodge automobile driven by his brother, Charles Collar, in a westerly direction along a public highway in Ottawa county. At an intersec tion with a north and south highway a collision occurred between the Dodge automobile and an Essex car…