DEVER v. BOWERS

Term No. 50M10.

341 Ill. App. 444 (1950)

94 N.E.2d 518

Katherine Dever, Administrator of Estate of Elmo B. Dever, Deceased, Appellee, v. I.J. Bowers, Trading as Bowers Truck Service and Joel Cox, Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication October 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KERN & PEARCE, of Carmi, for appellants.

HARRY J. FLANDERS, of Eldorado, and BARTLEY & KARBER, of Shawneetown, for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCHEINEMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Elmo B. Dever died as a result of injuries received in a collision between an automobile driven by him, and a truck. His administrator brought this suit in Gallatin county against I.J. Bowers, the owner and operator of the truck, and Joel Cox, driver of the truck. A jury returned a verdict of $7,500 for plaintiff, under the wrongful death statute. After...

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