Brunk v. Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff obtained judgment for $11,250, from which all the defendants have appealed. Plaintiff, a farmer, on Saturday evening, December 11, 1928, started from Kirksville on Highway 63 to his home near Millard, southeast of Kirksville. He was driving a wagon with sideboards on, pulled by a team of mares. His wife and children were in the wagon with him. He was carrying a common farm lantern on his left arm, lighted so that travelers upon the highway might distinguish him. A short distance south of Kirksville the left hind wheel of his wagon…