Legal Opinion

Mahan v. Baile

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided December 13, 1948No. 40629PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This appeal involves the trial of an intersectional automobile collision in which the plaintiff recovered a judgment of $8,000.00. The defendants admit "that the plaintiff made a submissible case for a jury." Consequently we are concerned with but three problems: (1) whether the court erred in overruling the challenges to its jurisdiction, (2) whether there was prejudicial error in the instructions and (3) whether the verdict was excessive.

[1] The defendants' challenge of the court's jurisdiction is based upon these facts and this sequence of events: The automobile collision was in Kansas…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Baisley v. BaisleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
  2. Mayfield v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1935
  3. Freeman v. BerberichSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
  4. State Ex Rel. Fleming v. BlandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1929
  5. Robinson v. FieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1938

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Boll v. WeinsteinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  2. Layton v. PalmerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
  3. Merrick v. Bridgeways, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1951
  4. Miller v. Brunson Const. Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  5. State Ex Rel. A. M. T. v. WeinsteinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1967

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