MORRIS v. BAGGETT TRANSPORTATION CO.

No. 45581.

306 S.W.2d 445 (1957)

Woodrow W. MORRIS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BAGGETT TRANSPORTATION CO., a Corporation, and Roy Springston and Donald Andrew Springston, Defendants, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Leary, Joplin, Henry H. Fox, Jr., John A. Biersmith, Jr., Madden & Burke, Kansas City, for appellant.

Bert E. Strubinger, St. Louis, William C. Cockrill, Frank C. Mann, Mann, Walter, Powell & Burkart, Springfield, for respondents.


HYDE, Judge.

Action for $75,000 actual damages (first count of the petition) and $75,000 punitive damages (second count) for personal injuries sustained in a collision between motor vehicles. Verdict and judgment was for defendant, and plaintiff has appealed. Plaintiff claims error in instructions given, in refusing certain instructions and in refusing to grant a new trial because of certain incidents at the trial.

The collision occurred on U. S. Highway 60...

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