Dillon v. Hogue

STONE, Judge.

In this jury-tried case, defendant James C. Hogue appeals from the judgment for $10,000 obtained by plaintiffs, William W. Dillon and Ella Mae Dillon, on account of the alleged wrongful death of Michael Wayne Dillon (hereinafter called Mike), their five-year old son, by reason of injuries sustained when he was struck about 4:20 P.M. on Thursday, July 19, 1962, by a 1962 Ford Fairlane sedan then being driven by defendant in a southerly direction on Missouri State Highway 105 at a point one and one-half miles north of East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri.

In their petition,…