Gookin v. Baker & Son

-At about 2:30 o ’clock in the morning of November 29, 1934, at a place about 5 miles east of Chariton, a Ford automobile being driven westwardly on Primary Highway No. 34 came into collision with the rear end of defendants’ truck. Traveling in the Ford were three persons, Brisbine Gookin in the rear seat, Burton Gookin in the front seat driving the car, and plaintiff, also in the front seat, asleep. To recover damages on account of personal injuries suffered in the collision plaintiff brought this law action, alleging that negligence on the part of the defendants was the proximate cause of…