DEVOY v. DEVOY

No. KCD 26602.

502 S.W.2d 428 (1973)

Jean Paul DEVOY, Appellant, v. Mary Dorothy DEVOY, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied December 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwyn L. Cady, Jr., Independence, for appellant.

Lloyd A. Cleaveland, Chillicothe, Walter E. Allen, Brookfield, for respondent.

Before SHANGLER, P.J., and SWOFFORD and WASSERSTROM, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff sued his parents for damages sustained in the early morning of January 27, 1961 from a slip and fall on the icy front porch of their home. Plaintiff's father died during the pendency of the suit and trial was had against the mother alone. The court directed a verdict at the close of the plaintiff's case. On this appeal from the judgment, plaintiff urges, first, that a prima facie case was made: that there was substantial evidence defendant...

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