Witt ex rel. Witt v. Roper

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

The action arose out of a highway collision between defendants’ truck and an automobile in which plaintiff rode between her sister and a third person in the front seat. The details of the collision are fully narrated in the companion case brought by plaintiff’s sister, reported in Witt v. Roper, 149 Kan. 184, 86 P. 2d 549.

In the present case liability was confessed. The only issue involved was the extent of plaintiff’s injuries and the consequent amount of damages to which plaintiff was entitled.

The jury returned a general verdict for…