Collett v. Estate of Schnell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This appeal stems from an action to recover damages for personal injuries as the result of a collision between two automobiles.

As the determining issue involves the trial court’s post-verdict directions to the jury, the facts may be highly summarized.

On the 4th day of January, 1962, the claimant, Marjorie Collett, was driving an automobile in a westerly direction on a Marion County, Kansas highway about one-half mile west of the city of Ramona, Kansas. At the place mentioned the claimant’s car collided with an automobile being driven in an…