Crawford v. McNece

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

Plaintiff, Betty Dean Crawford, on February 24, 1963, was operating a Valiant automobile on Missouri Highway 25, and at its intersection with Stoddard County, Missouri, Route AA, at which she was stopped and intending to make a left turn onto Route A A, the Valiant was struck from the rear by a Plymouth automobile owned by defendant Carl McNece, but operated by defendant Veri Leonard McNece. At the beginning of the trial, plaintiff dismissed her case as to defendant Carl McNece without prejudice.

The trial was to a jury which returned a verdict for plaintiff for $17,500…