Losh v. Ozark Border Electric Cooperative

EAGER, Judge.

Plaintiff, the widow of Woodrow Losh, was awarded a verdict and judgment of $25,000 for the death of her husband, allegedly due to defendant’s negligence. Following the overruling of after-trial motions, this appeal was taken. Many of the formalities, as well as some substantive facts, have been stipulated, and the issues have been narrowed.

Decedent (whom we shall refer to as Losh) owned a forty-acre farm five or six miles west of Malden, Missouri, and lived there with his family. He farmed this place, but also worked at the Malden Grain Company more or less regularly. Beginning…