LUCAS v. BLANKS

No. 49225.

362 S.W.2d 736 (1962)

Cynthia Lynn LUCAS, by and through her friend and natural guardian, David Lucas, Appellant, v. Albert BLANKS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

December 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman & Nixon and Jeremiah Nixon, Hillsboro, for appellant

Samuel Richeson, Dearing, Richeson & Weier, Hillsboro, for respondent.


HOUSER, Commissioner.

Action for $60,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by three-year-old Cynthia Lucas, who was struck by defendant's automobile in a street intersection in DeSoto. Submitted to a jury on humanitarian failure to slacken, stop, swerve or sound a warning, there was a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff, pro ami, appeals, charging error in the giving of defendant's verdict-directing Instruction D-4 and burden of proof instruction D-5. Defendant...

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