PATTERSON v. GIBSON

No. 44863.

287 S.W.2d 853 (1956)

Gerald L. PATTERSON, Jr., an Infant, by his Next Friend, Gerald L. Patterson, Sr., Appellant, v. Roy Lee GIBSON, d/b/a Gibson Construction Co., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

March 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gragg & Aubuchon, William R. Schneider, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Evans & Dixon, John F. Evans, St. Louis, for respondent.


EAGER, Presiding Judge.

This is a suit by a minor for personal injuries. The amount sought in the petition was $20,000 and, concededly, the plaintiff suffered serious injury. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, and subsequently overruled plaintiff's motion for a new trial.

The child in question, then a boy four and a half or five years of age, lived with his parents in a second-floor apartment or flat in the City of St. Louis, directly across...

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