McLaughlin Ex Rel. McLaughlin v. Marlatt

By this action plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries sustained from the discharge of a fire arm in the hands of one Lewis Marlatt. The suit was instituted against the latter in the Circuit Court for Caldwell County, September 20, 1917. Subsequently, pursuant to written agreement of the parties, the venue was ordered changed and the cause was transferred to the Circuit Court for Livingston County. A trial in that court in January, 1919, resulted in a judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $4500. In due course defendant prosecuted an appeal to the Kansas City Court of Appeals.…