Morgan v. Morgan

STONE, Judge.

Defendant appeals from an adverse judgment of $2,500, entered on a jury verdict, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff on August 27, 1953, by reason of a collision on U. S. Highway 60 in Fisk, Butler County, Missouri, between an automobile then being driven by defendant, in which plaintiff was riding, -and an automobile driven by one Geneva Joyce Brown. The defense was predicated on a written release executed by plaintiff and her husband, Jeter Morgan, on September 2, 1953, reciting a consideration of $125. In her amended reply, plaintiff asserted that…