Hunt v. Hunt

HUNTER, Judge.

This is an automobile negligence case brought on the res ipsa loquitur doctrine by appellant, Helen Patricia Hunt against Basil Dean Hunt. On August 30, 1958, appellant (then single but who married respondent on June 24, 1959) was riding as a guest passenger in a 1955 Chevrolet automobile being operated by respondent in a southeasterly direction on U.S. Highway No. 63 in Schuyler County, Missouri, when, according to the import of her evidence, respondent negligently caused or permitted the automobile to leave the paved road surface and to turn over, injuring appellant.

The trial…