DAWSON v. SCHERFF

No. 44229.

281 S.W.2d 825 (1955)

Sanford R. DAWSON, Appellant, v. Weaver W. SCHERFF, Doing Business as Scherff Truck Lines, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis Quimby, Jefferson City, and R. J. Horsefield and Douglas H. Jones, St. Louis, for appellant Sanford R. Dawson.

Wilbur C. Schwartz and Roberts P. Elam, St. Louis, for (defendant) respondent, Joseph Nessenfeld, St. Louis, of counsel.


HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

This case came to the writer on reassignment.

Plaintiff had verdict and judgment for $40,000 for personal injuries sustained when an automobile driven westward by him collided with a bridge abutment as he overtook and attempted to pass defendant's westbound truck. Defendant's motion to set aside the verdict and for judgment in accordance with his motion for directed verdict filed at the close of the evidence or, in the alternative, for...

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