EAKINS v. BURTON

No. 52765.

423 S.W.2d 787 (1968)

Saundra EAKINS, a Minor, by Cecil Eakins, Her Next Friend, and Cecil Eakins, Respondents, v. Jacob L. BURTON, Defendant, and Western Fire & Casualty Company, Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

February 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Downs & Johnson, Edward L. Downs, Gerald H. Johnson, Donald A. Fee, Cape Girardeau, for respondents.

Jackson, Thomasson & Dickerson, Donald P. Thomasson, S. Douglas McLaughlin, Cape Girardeau, for intervenor-appellant.


HOLMAN, Judge.

On December 12, 1966, plaintiffs obtained judgments totaling $50,000 against defendant Jacob L. Burton. Thereafter, Western Fire & Casualty Company filed a motion seeking to intervene and to set aside the aforementioned judgments. That motion was heard and overruled on January 10, 1967. Western has appealed.

A brief statement of facts will suffice. On July 29, 1965, a car driven by Saundra Eakins, then 19 years of age, collided with a car...

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