WATTERSON v. PORTAS

No. 33798.

466 S.W.2d 129 (1971)

Thomas L. WATTERSON, a minor, by his next friend, and John W. Watterson, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Gregory A. PORTAS, Defendant-Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

March 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maniscalco, Clancy & Pittman, Clayton, Edward T. Wright, St. Louis, for plaintiffs-respondents.

Murphy & Kortenhof, Ben J. Ely, Jr., St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.


CLEMENS, Commissioner.

This appeal brings up two related issues: Did the trial court err in giving two converse instructions, and was that claimed error rendered harmless by plaintiffs' failure to make a submissible case?

The case grew out of an intersectional collision between two cars, one driven by the minor plaintiff and the other by defendant. The minor plaintiff sued for $5,000 personal injuries; his father...

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