LAWS v. CITY OF WELLSTON

No. 53510.

435 S.W.2d 370 (1968)

Ruby LAWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WELLSTON, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer Denied December 31, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Koester, St. Louis, and Thurman, Nixon, Smith & Howald, Robert Lee Smith, Hillsboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

John J. Horgan, Robert E. Keaney, Moser, Marsalek, Carpenter, Cleary & Jaeckel, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer to Court En Banc Denied December 31, 1968.

FINCH, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit for $20,000 for personal injuries received in a fall allegedly caused by a hole in a public sidewalk in Wellston. The jury returned a nine-man verdict for defendant and plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered thereon. We reverse and remand.

The single question presented on appeal involves the use by defendant of an eyewitness...

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