Legal Opinion

Barnes v. Vandergrift

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 31, 1951PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtVandeventer, P. J.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, dated August 29, 1950 and sustaining a motion for new trial filed by the defendant. Plaintiff had sued for $403.90 as damages to his automobile suffered in a collision at *401the intersection of Highway Route BE and South Street in the city of Mt. Vernon, Missouri. The court specifically stated that its reason for sustaining the motion for new trial was that plaintiff’s “Instruction 1 given to the jury was too indefinite and failed to set forth facts to be found by the jury upon which the jury could find the defendant…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Yates v. ManchesterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
  2. State Ex Rel. Burger v. TrimbleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Barnes v. VandergriftSupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
  2. Barnes v. VandergriftMissouri Court of Appeals · 1954

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