Kimbrough v. Chervitz

Morris Chervitz prosecutes this appeal from a judgment awarding Amos W. Kimbrough $2,650 for personal injuries received by reason of being struck by Chervitz's automobile. The case is certified here by the St. Louis Court of Appeals (180 S.W.2d 772, 778) and is for determination as upon ordinary appellate process (Mo. Const., Art. 6, Amend. 1884, Sec. 6). Complaint is made of the refusal of two instructions undertaking to state legal defenses to plaintiff's humanitarian case and the refusal to permit certain argument to the jury.

Plaintiff was injured in the city of St. Louis at the…