Holmes v. McNeil

Action for $15,000 damages for loss of services of plaintiff's wife alleged to have been occasioned by defendant's negligence. At the close of plaintiff's case the court directed a verdict for defendants. A motion for a new trial was subsequently sustained[666] on the ground of newly discovered evidence. Defendants have appealed.

Plaintiff's wife received personal injuries when the automobile in which she was riding with both defendants and another person collided, head on, with an electric light pole, near the intersection of Admiral Boulevard and Cherry Street in Kansas City. The automobile…