Dudgeon v. Meier

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to a petition in an action for damages arising out of a motor vehicle collision.

The case is a companion to the case of Redmond v. Meier, 192 Kan. 730, 391 P. 2d 39. In the Redmond case the action was brought by the driver of the automobile. In the present case the action was brought on behalf of a minor who was a passenger in the automobile.

The issues on appeal are the same in the two cases and the Redmond case controls the decision in this case.

We held in the Redmond case that the…