Wecker Ex Rel. Wecker v. Grafeman-McIntosh Ice Cream Co.

Raymond Wecker, a minor, by his next friend, filed this suit in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, whereby he seeks to recover damages in the sum of $10,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants. After a verdict for the defendants, the court sustained the plaintiff's motion for a new trial on the ground that counsel for the defendant Grafeman-McIntosh Ice Cream Company made "wrongful and improper remarks and argument" to the jury, and, from the order granting the plaintiff a new trial, said defendant appealed.

Appellant makes two…