Sponable v. Thomas

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

The above action was for damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Plaintiff’s wife was injured in the same accident, and an appeal from the judgment rendered in her case is also here for consideration. The facts applicable to both cases will be here stated.

The plaintiff and his wife reside at Paola, where the husband is a banker. On the night of February 3, 1932, about 7:30 p. m., they left Paola to go to Kansas City. It had been misting, raining, sleeting and at times snowing, and they drove slowly in a model A Ford coupé…