MARTIN v. SLOAN

No. 49995.

377 S.W.2d 252 (1964)

Connie MARTIN, Respondent, v. Nora Belle SLOAN, Administratrix of the Estate of Rolla Alexander Sloan, deceased, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

April 13, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Bruce, Jr., Centerville, Robert T. Smith, William L. Mason, Jr., St. Louis, for appellant.

Jackson, Thomasson & Dickerson, Cape Girardeau, Schnapp, Cooper & Graham, Fredericktown, for respondent.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

In this action for wrongful death the jury awarded damages in the amount of $25,000 to the surviving widow, and the defendant has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

On January 24, 1961, a 1½ton Ford flat-bed truck which was being driven by Farrell Lee Martin, the husband of plaintiff-respondent, collided head-on with a Chevrolet automobile in which Rolla Sloan and Virgil Voyles were riding. All three persons died as the result...

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