Petty ex rel. Petty v. Henroid

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

Late in the afternoon of August 15, 1955, Paul Petty, a four-year-old pedestrian, received personal injuries when he ran into defendant’s automobile as he was crossing East Main Street in Flat River, Missouri. He instituted this action (through a next friend) to recover damages for his said injuries and obtained a judgment in the trial *689court fox' $10,000. Defendant has duly appealed therefrom, contending that plaintiff failed to make a submissible case and that the court erred in giving each of three instructions offered by plaintiff.

The casualty in question occurred at…