SHEETS v. DAVENPORT

No. 36294.

150 N.W.2d 224 (1967)

181 Neb. 621

Harold SHEETS, Administrator of the Estate of Shiria Sheets, Deceased, Appellant, v. Orville DAVENPORT, Administrator of the Estate of Daniel Davenport, Deceased, Appellee. Consolidated in District Court Otis Larreau, Administrator of the Estate of Sonja Larreau, Deceased, Appellant, v. Orville Davenport, Administrator of the Estate of Daniel Davenport, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith Brothers, Lexington, Miles N. Lee, Broken Bow, for appellant.

Roy E. Blixt, Arnold, Murphy, Pederson & Piccolo, North Platte, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH and McCOWN, JJ., and POLLOCK, District Judge.


POLLOCK, District Judge.

The administrator of the estate of Shirla Sheets, deceased, and the administrator of the estate of Sonja Larreau, deceased, filed claims against the estate of Daniel Davenport, deceased to recover for the alleged wrongful deaths of their decedents. They sought recovery under the guest statute, claiming gross negligence on the part of Davenport in the operation of a motor vehicle. The actions were consolidated in the county court, we assume...

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