MEYERS v. SMITH

No. 45494.

300 S.W.2d 474 (1957)

Ralph MEYERS and Olive Meyers, Respondents, v. Daryl Dean SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

April 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberts & Roberts, J. Richard Roberts, Farmington, for appellant.

Dearing, Richeson & Weier, Will B. Dearing, Hillsboro, Melvin Englehart, Fredericktown, for respondents.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

Ruth Meyers, aged fourteen years and nine months, died as the result of injuries sustained when the speeding automobile in which she was riding left the highway on a curve and crashed into a tree. Her father and mother, Ralph and Olive Meyers, have recovered a judgment for $15,000 for her negligent, wrongful death. The suit was instituted against Mr. Ralph Smith, the owner of the automobile, and his son, Daryl Dean ("Diz") Smith, sixteen years...

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