Silliman v. Munger Laundry Co.

This is a suit in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages in the sum of $50,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant’s agent while driving defendant’s automobile truck on a public street in the city of St. Louis. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appealed.

For the purposes of this opinion, the following admissions and evidence will be sufficient:

It was admitted at the trial that, at the time plaintiff was injured, Delmar Boulevard and Goodfellow Avenue were public streets in the city of St. Louis; that the…