Zagarri v. Nichols

HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is a suit for $50,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by a 4-year-old child who was struck by an automobile driven by defendant. A trial jury returned a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff appealed.

The collision between automobile and child occurred in an alley in the City of St. Louis on a clear sunny day at about 5 o’clock p. m. The alley was of paved concrete approximately 15 feet wide. Garages and fences bordered the alley on the north side. Defendant, operating a 1957 Ford automobile, the brakes of which were in good working order, was proceeding east, in…