Reed v. Shelly

HOGAN, Judge.

This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in an automobile collision. A jury found for the plaintiff and assessed her damages in the sum of $8,000. The defendant has appealed.

The collision occurred on Missouri Highway No. 84 about a mile and a half west of Hayti, Missouri, on July 15, 1959, at about 9:30 P.M. At the place in question, Highway 84 runs east and west and is a two-lane blacktop road, 24 feet wide, marked with a center line. Photographs of the scene received in evidence indicate that the highway is straight and level…