Duffendack v. St. Louis Public Service Company

DOERNER, Commissioner.

Plaintiff’s action, in two counts, is for personal injuries and property damages claimed to have resulted from a collision between plaintiff’s automobile and defendant’s motorbus. Trial before a jury culminated in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for $5,000 for personal injuries and for $965.95 for damages to plaintiff’s car. Its after-trial motions being unavailing, defendant appealed to this court.

The collision in question occurred on September 19, 1960, about 1:45 P.M., in Kirk-wood, Missouri, at the intersection of Adams Street, an east-west street, and…