Houston v. Northup

FINCH, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment wherein James W. Houston recovered (on Count I) the sum of $2,000.00 for personal injuries received in an automobile collision and his wife (on Count V) recovered $500.-00 for loss of services and consortium.1 The case was affirmed on appeal by the Kansas City Court of Appeals, but we ordered the case transferred and we now decide it as though here on original appeal. Article V, § 10, Constitution of Missouri, 1945, V.A.M.S. We reverse and remand.

After the jury had deliberated for a time, its foreman sent the following note to the trial judge:

Judge…