Ransom v. Weisharr

Carretón Harris, Cbief Justice.

On September 26, 1961, appellant, Clarence Ransom, was struck and injured by an automobile operated by Fred F. Weisbarr, appellee herein, who, with bis wife, was enroute from Hot Springs, Arkansas, to bis borne in St. Louis, Missouri. Ransom was an employee of a highway contractor who was repairing a portion of Highway 67, between Tuckerman and Swifton. The incident occurred while appellant was in the act of crossing the highway, after delivering a check to a fellow employee. Ransom was injured, and instituted suit for damages; after the filing of an answer, the…