HOFFMAN v. DAUTEL

No. 42,423

189 Kan. 165 (1962)

368 P.2d 57

EDWARD J. HOFFMAN, EUGENE LeROY HOFFMAN and EDNA JANE HOFFMAN, Minors, by their Mother, Donna Irene Hoffman, their Guardian and next friend, Appellants, v. JACKIE E. DAUTEL and DELMAR L. DAUTEL, dba Dautel Brothers; THE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY and THE HOME INDEMNITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Corporations; H.A. SCHROEDER, STATE AUTOMOBILE AND CASUALTY UNDERWRITERS OF DES MOINES, IOWA; GEORGE CALLAHAN; C.E. SHORT and GENE SHORT, dba Short & Son, and TRI-STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam A. Crow, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Jacob A. Dickinson, Paul C. Aiken, and Jack C. McCarter, of Topeka, were on the briefs with him for appellants.

John A. Bausch, of Topeka, argued the cause, and L.M. Ascough, E. Edward Johnson, and Wayne T. Stratton, of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for appellees and cross-appellants.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

This was an action by three minor children, through their mother and next friend, to recover damages from the defendants for the negligent injury to their father, Everett Eugene Hoffman, who is presently living.

The defendants H.A. Schroeder; State Automobile and Casualty Underwriters of Des Moines, Iowa; George Callahan; C.E. Short and Gene Short, d/b...

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