McGinley ex rel. McGinley v. City of Cherryvale

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Betty McGinley, about twelve years old, was riding in an automobile driven by her father, and the superintendent of the city waterworks, Guy Baker, driving at high speed, struck the automobile in which the plaintiff was riding, and as a result her leg had to be amputated below the knee. She obtained a judgment for $15,000, which was reduced by the district court to $12,000. The city appeals.

Betty McGinley had been assisting her father, brother and sister to drive calves to a pasture a short distance from home. Her mother came in a model…