SCHMIDT v. ORTON

No. 38645.

207 N.W.2d 390 (1973)

190 Neb. 257

Jerry SCHMIDT, Appellee, v. Kenneth ORTON and Udo Jansen, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

May 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Healey, Healey, Brown & Burchard, Douglas L. Kluender, Lincoln, for appellants.

Con M. Keating, Marti, Dalton, Bruckner, O'Gara & Keating, Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, NEWTON, and CLINTON, JJ.


BOSLAUGH, Justice.

The plaintiff, Jerry Schmidt, was injured when struck by a golf ball at Holmes Park Public Golf Course in Lincoln, Nebraska, on June 26, 1970. The jury returned a verdict in the amount of $8,500 against both defendants. They appeal. The issue is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the judgment against one or both defendants.

The plaintiff and the defendant Kenneth Orton were playing with a foursome which had commenced play at around...

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