HUSTAD v. COONEY

No. 45913.

308 S.W.2d 647 (1958)

Paul HUSTAD, an Infant, by Everett T. Hustad, his Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John COONEY, Jr., Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

January 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Sullivan, Downey, Abrams & Sullivan, Kansas City, for appellant.

Joseph B. Bott, John J. Alder, Alder & Morrison, Kansas City, for defendant-respondent.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

On February 3, 1955, about 7:25 o'clock in the evening, Paul Hustad, then twelve years old, and his friend Jerry Boone were sledding on Anderson Avenue in Kansas City. On the first trip down Anderson, riding "belly-buster," one boy on top of the other, as they turned onto Topping Avenue the sled collided with an automobile driven by John Cooney, Jr. The Department of Welfare had not designated Anderson Avenue as a coasting area, the sledding...

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