Collins Ex Rel. Collins v. Leahy

This is an action for damages for personal injuries which plaintiff sustained when struck by an automobile driven by Ernest L. Compton, colored chauffeur for defendant Leahy. The plaintiff, Verlyn Collins, a colored girl, was ten years of age at the time. The action was brought by her mother, as next friend. The accident occurred about two o'clock P.M., October 31, 1930, on Finney Avenue in the City of St. Louis, near 3704 Finney, where plaintiff resided with her mother. The action was commenced in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, in January, 1931, and tried in December, 1932, when…