Byrnes v. Poplar Bluff Printing Co.
Decision Date | 17 July 1934 |
Docket Number | No. 31639.,31639. |
Parties | BYRNES v. POPLAR BLUFF PRINTING CO. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Butler County; Garry H. Yount, Special Judge.
Action by Lawrence Byrnes against the Poplar Bluff Printing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Reversed and remanded.
William N. Barron, of Poplar Bluff, and Allen, Moser & Marsalek, of St. Louis, for appellant.
Sam M. Phillips and L. E. Tedrick, both of Poplar Bluff, for respondent.
Action to recover for personal injuries and for damage to an automobile. Plaintiff recovered judgment for $10,400, and defendant appealed.
An opinion was written in this case by Commissioner Sturgis, affirming the judgment of the circuit court. All members of the court agreed with that part of the opinion holding that plaintiff made a case for the jury, but disagreed as to the correctness of plaintiff's instruction No. 1. On account of such disagreement the opinion did not receive a majority vote, and the case was reassigned to the writer hereof. We adopt that part of Commissioner Sturgis' opinion holding that plaintiff made a case for the jury. It reads as follows:
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