MERRITT v. WILKERSON

No. 31102.

360 S.W.2d 283 (1962)

Helen MERRITT (Plaintiff) Respondent, v. Talley Earl WILKERSON (Defendant) Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

September 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. L. McClintock, Jr., and McClintock & Medley, Flat River, for appellant.

J. Richard Roberts and Roberts & Roberts, Farmington, for respondent.


JAMES D. CLEMENS, Special Judge.

Plaintiff recovered for injuries arising from a rear-end automobile collision. Defendant appeals, charging errors in plaintiff's failure to negate contributory negligence in her verdict-directing instruction, prejudicial argument by plaintiff as to damages, and excessiveness of the $5,800 verdict.

The material facts are not in dispute. The defendant was called as a witness by the plaintiff, but otherwise offered no evidence...

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