Nelson v. Tayon

HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

Plaintiff sought to recover damages in the sum of $20,000 for personal injuries sustained when defendant’s automobile, in which plaintiff was riding as a guest, collided with an automobile owned and operated by Ralph Williams at a street intersection in the City of St. Louis. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant and judgment was entered accordingly. The, trial court sustained plaintiff’s motion for a new trial oil grounds it had erred in giving defendant’s Instruction No. 6. and in admitting into evidence a typewritten transcript of a statement made by…