McKenzie Transport Leasing Co. v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

DOERNER, Commissioner.

Plaintiff sued for damages of $2,550 to its tractor, sustained in a collision with a tractor-trailer operated by Staley Cartage Company, which collision, it was claimed, was occasioned by the negligence of the operator of one of defendant’s motorbuses. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount prayed for, and defendant appealed from the ensuing judgment.

The accident occurred shortly before noon on June 5, 1958, on the Kingshighway viaduct, in the City of St. Louis. Plaintiff’s tractor and trailer, operated by plaintiff’s driver, Louis A. Nuspl, was…