Szuch v. Ni Sun Lines, Inc.

This is an appeal from a judgment for defend ants in an action for damages laid at $15,000 on account of personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff, appellant herein, in an automobile collision which occurred near the intersection of Seventh and Cerre streets in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Plaintiff’s petition contained several specifications of negligence but at the close of the trial all were abandoned except the one charging dangerous and excessive rate of speed.

Defendants went to trial on their joint amended answer which consisted of a general denial and a plea of…