Hays v. Hogan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. Arch A. Johnson, Judge. (1) A verdict of the jury, if intelligible and of clear meaning, will not be set aside on account of mere imperfections or irregularities. Ryors v. Prior, 31 Mo. App. 555; Gurley v. O’Dwyer, 61 Mo. App. 348; Musser v. Adler, 86 Mo. 450'; Purver v. Koontz, 138 Ind. 252; Shaeffer v. Railway, 98 Mo.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. Arch A. Johnson, Judge. (1) A verdict of the jury, if intelligible and of clear meaning, will not be set aside on account of mere imperfections or irregularities. Ryors v. Prior, 31 Mo. App. 555; Gurley v. O’Dwyer, 61 Mo. App. 348; Musser v. Adler, 86 Mo. 450'; Purver v. Koontz, 138 Ind. 252; Shaeffer v. Railway, 98 Mo. App. 445. (2) The verdict in the case at bar is, on the record, without ambiguity, and clearly shows that the verdict agreed to by the jury and returned into court was a verdict for six thousand five hundred dollars. State v. Underwood,…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
The plaintiff brought this suit in the circuit court of Howell County against the defendants to recover $10,000 damages for the death of her husband, through the alleged negligence of the latter in so running and operating an automobile as to frighten the team of mules hitched to the wagon in which he was riding, and thereby causing it to run away and overturn the wagon, which fell upon and crushed and killed him.
The verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff, and on motion a new trial was ordered, from which order the plaintiff duly appealed the cause to the Springfield Court of Appeals,…
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