OLSON v. SHELLINGTON

No. 33841.

75 N.W.2d 709 (1956)

162 Neb. 325

Merlin OLSON, by his mother and next friend, Martha Olson, Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Thomas SHELLINGTON, Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Healey, Davies & Wilson, Robert A. Barlow, Jr., Lincoln, Budd B. Bornhoft, Wayne, for appellant.

Harry N. Larson, Wakefield, Wear, Boland & Mullin, Omaha, for appellee.

Heard before SIMMONS, C. J., and CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, CHAPPELL, WENKE, and BOSLAUGH, JJ.


MESSMORE, Justice.

This is an action brought by Martha Olson, mother and next friend in behalf of Merlin Olson, a minor, plaintiff, in the district court for Dixon County against Thomas Shellington, defendant, for damages for injuries sustained by Merlin Olson while riding as a guest in a car driven by Thomas Shellington.

The case was tried to a jury. The jury returned a verdict as follows: "We, the Jury duly impanelled and sworn in the above entitled cause...

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