Edwards Ex Rel. Edwards v. Dixon

HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by a 9 year old boy who collided with an automobile as he ran across Clark Avenue in the City of St. Louis. Defendant Viola Lillian Dixon appeals from a judgment for $5,000 entered upon a jury verdict. The petition charged six separate assignments of primary negligence and negligence under the humanitarian doctrine. Plaintiff abandoned all assignments of primary negligence and submitted the case to the jury solely on humanitarian failure to stop or slacken speed. On this appeal the question is whether there was…