Hibler v. Nordyke

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

Plaintiff-appellant brought this action to recover for personal injuries arising from a pedestrian-car accident at a cross-walk in Ottawa, Kansas. Plaintiff, the pedestrian, sued for $9,500.00. Defendant contended the brakes on his car failed as he attempted to stop at a stop sign. Although no journal entry of judgment or verdict of the jury is included in the record on appeal we are informed by the parties that a trial resulted in a general jury verdict for $1,596.65.

On appeal the plaintiff makes the single contention that the trial court…