Croney v. Pence

MAUGHMER, Commissioner.

This action is to recover damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The jury found for plaintiff in the amount of $7,500. Judgment accordingly was entered and defendant appeals.

At about 7:30 a.m. on July 21, 1959, Veri Croney, the plaintiff, alone in his 1951 DeSoto, and the defendant L. G. Pence, alone in his 1956 Ford Sedan, were proceeding from their homes in Clay County to Kansas City, where both worked. Each planned to enter Kansas City by way of the Paseo bridge. The weather was clear and the pavement dry. There is an arterial highway running…