Schoen v. Kerner

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

This ease reaches this court upon an agreed statement of all proceedings in the lower court which led to the entry of a summary judgment in favor of defendants. A single question of law is presented — at the time in question (April 23, 1967) did the charitable immunity doctrine insulate individuals whose alleged negligence purportedly caused injuries and damages claimed to have been sustained by plaintiff.

Anna Schoen, plaintiff, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, alleging that: defendant Reverend Paschall Kerner was the pastor and defendant…