Hoehn v. Hampton

SIMEONE, Judge.

In this action for personal injuries occasioned by an automobile collision, the jury found in favor of the defendant, Henry Lee Hampton. The trial court thereafter sustained plaintiff Earl E. Hoehn’s motion for a new trial and ordered the cause reinstated upon the docket for further proceedings. From the order granting plaintiff Hoehn a new trial, defendant Hampton appeals.

On November 12, 1965, Hoehn was involved in a collision at the intersection of Highway 54 and Old Highway 40, near Kingdom City, Missouri. He was a passenger in an automobile owned by Calgon Corporation and…