Burgess v. Garvin Price Merc. Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment in the sum of $5,000 and defendant has appealed.

The facts show that plaintiff was injured between 2:00 and 3:00 P. M. on the 18th day of May, 1920, by’deing struck by- an automobile being driven by the defendant, Garvin, at 5th and Troup .streets in Kansas City, Kansas. Defendant, L. B. Price Mercantile Company, insists that its instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence should have been given because, first, there was no evidence tending to show that any relation of respondeat…