COMPTON v. BILLINGS

No. 24009.

385 S.W.2d 808 (1964)

Robert Earl COMPTON, A Minor By Jack F. Compton, Next Friend, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Donald P. BILLINGS, Defendant-Appellant.

Kansas City Court of Appeals, Missouri.

November 25, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Martin and Hugh A. Miner, St. Joseph, for plaintiff-respondent.

Price Shoemaker and William L. Culver, St. Joseph, for defendant-appellant.


SPERRY, Commissioner.

Plaintiff, a minor, by his next friend, sued defendant, Donald P. Billings, for damages caused by plaintiff's loss of a finger when it came in contact with a sharp piece of metal which protruded outwardly from defendant's automobile parked in plaintiff's father's driveway. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $2,500.00, defendant appeals.

Plaintiff pleaded as follows:

"6. The injury to the plaintiff was the direct...

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