Aviation Enterprises, Inc. Ex Rel. Jones v. Cline

HOWARD, Judge.

This is a suit by the corporate plaintiff for property damage to an airplane rented by plaintiff to defendant and expenses incurred by plaintiff in connection therewith when the plane, piloted by defendant, ran off the end of the runway, through a fence, and onto the edge of a highway, when defendant attempted to land the plane at War-rensburg, Missouri, on the morning of August 30, 1959. Plaintiff’s cause of action is based upon the negligence of defendant as pilot, which plaintiff contends resulted in the crash landing and damage to the plane and expense to plaintiff.…