GOUGH v. GENERAL BOX CO.

No. 45208.

302 S.W.2d 884 (1957)

M. L. GOUGH, Respondent, v. GENERAL BOX CO., a corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 2.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander & Robertson, Louis A. Robertson, Ernest E. Baker, St. Louis, Joseph B. Wentker, St. Charles, for appellant.

Wilbur C. Schwartz, St. Louis, Robert Niedner, St. Charles, for respondent. Joseph Nessenfeld, St. Louis, of counsel.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

On August 27, 1950, plaintiff's eastbound tractor-trailer and defendant's westbound tractor-trailer collided on Cole Creek bridge near St. Charles, Missouri, on by-pass Highway 40. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $20,000 and defendant has appealed from the ensuing judgment. The parties will be referred to as in the trial court.

The principal controverted issue of fact at the trial was whether the collision...

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