WITHERSPOON v. GUTTIEREZ

No. 47067.

327 S.W.2d 874 (1959)

Gertie Zoellers WITHERSPOON, Respondent, v. Lawrence GUTTIEREZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Formby, Strubinger, MacElhern & Formby, Kansas City, for appellant, Lawrence Guttierez.

Albert J. Yonke, Kansas City, for respondent.


HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger, one Gertie Zoellers Witherspoon, in an automobile collision in Jackson County. A verdict and judgment for $8,000 was rendered for plaintiff and against defendant, Lawrence Guttierez. On this appeal defendant raises only one point: error in the giving of plaintiff's main verdict-directing Instruction No. 1.

Highway No. 71 runs north and south. No. 71 at the scene of the...

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