Barnes Ex Rel. Barnes v. Real Silk Hosiery Mills

Action for personal injury. Verdict for $10,000 was returned against defendants, and they separately appealed from the judgment entered.

October 18, 1932, plaintiff was struck on Prospect Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, by an automobile driven by defendant, Fergerson, and it is claimed that, at the time plaintiff was injured, Fergerson was in the employ of the corporate defendant and acting within the scope of his employment, and that under the facts, both defendants were liable. The charges of negligence submitted to the jury were "high, dangerous and excessive speed under the conditions then…