Bowman v. Standard Oil Company of Indiana

Lula Bowman recovered a judgment for $12,500 against the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, a corporation, and William Stumpf for injuries sustained in a highway intersection collision between automobiles. She submitted her action on defendants' negligent failure to avoid the collision by stopping and by warning under the humanitarian doctrine. Defendants appeal and question the submissibility of plaintiff's cause, said humanitarian instruction and the amount of the judgment.

Carter avenue and Prairie avenue are intersecting streets, 35 or 36 feet from curb to curb, in the city of St. Louis,…