Simmons v. Kansas City Jockey Club

Action by plaintiff, appellant here, to recover damages for personal injuries. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $32,000. On motion of defendant, the court set the verdict aside and granted a new trial. Plaintiff appealed.

Plaintiff’s petition, among other things, alleges the following facts:

“Now comes the plaintiff by his next friend, Paul A. Buzard, who had been duly appointed as such to prosecute this suit in the name of and on behalf of the plaintiff," and for his cause of action the .plaintiff states that he is a minor seventeen years of age and at all times in question has followed the…