Janet Schaeper, a Minor, by and Through Her Father, Next Friend and Natural Guardian, Robert Schaeper v. Harold M. Edwards

SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Chief Judge.

Janet Schaeper, a minor, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, brought this action in the District Court against the defendant, Harold M. Edwards, to recover damages for personal injuries received in an automobile accident on July 12, 1958, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligent operation of his motor vehicle at said time. Plaintiff was a passenger in the car in which she was riding.

Although the defendant by his answer denied liability, he did not persist in this defense and at the trial admitted liability for the accident. The case was…