Clayton Ex Rel. Clayton v. Wells

This action was instituted in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis against two defendants, Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, a corporation, and Rufus Wells, Jr., to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, Leslie Clyde Clayton, who was seventeen years old when injured and sues by next friend. On trial the jury returned a verdict for defendant Wells, and for plaintiff against defendant brick company for $20,000. The trial court required plaintiff to remit $4,000 of the verdict against the brick company and upon that being done entered judgment for plaintiff against that…