Treon v. City of Hamilton

EAGER, Presiding Judge.

This is a suit for the wrongful death of Robert Treon, who was killed when his automobile ran into a ditch within the city limits of Hamilton, Missouri, on December 7, 1960. In order to understand the nature of the occurrence, we will have to describe the locality in some detail. Missouri Highway 13 had formerly run north and south along Hughes Street in Hamilton from Berry Street (a main east and west street running through the center of town, which was then also U.S. Highway 36) south to the city limits. We are not interested in the highway north of Berry Street. At…