Hillhouse v. Thompson

243 S.W.2d 531 (1951)

HILLHOUSE

v.

THOMPSON.

No. 42720.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en Banc.

November 12, 1951.

Thomas J. Cole, St. Louis, E. A. Barbour, Jr., Springfield, for appellant.

Charles E. Ginn, Aurora, Jo B. Gardner, Monett, for respondent.

ELLISON, Chief Justice.

This case comes here on transfer from the Springfield Court of Appeals under Sec. 10, Art. V, Const.Mo.1945. The opinion of that court is reported in 240 S.W.2d 224, where the facts are more fully stated. The suit was for $15,000 damages under Secs. 537.080 and 537.090, R.S.1949, Laws

Mo.1945, p. 846, for the alleged wrongful death of…