Perry v. Fleming

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment in the sum of $12,000 but to avoid tbe granting of a new trial by the court he remitted the sum of $4500, leaving a judgment in the sum of $7500. Defendants have appealed.

The facts show that on the 14th day of January, 1924, plaintiff was driving west on Ninth street in Kansas City, Missouri, where he came into collision with an eastbound street car at a point on said street between Welch and Norton avenues in said city. Ninth street is thirty-six feet in width; it runs east and west and is…