West v. Jack Cooper Transport Co.

EAGER, Chief Justice.

This case was transferred here from the Kansas City Court of Appeals by our order of transfer. Its opinion appears at 372 S.W.2d 642. The suit is one for-personal injuries in which plaintiff recovered $15,000 against the driver and the owner of a transport *874tractor-trailer. The submission was solely under the Kansas “last clear chance” doctrine; the collision occurred on old Highway 69 about two and one-half miles south of Stanley, Kansas, on May 23, 1958. The facts are rather fully stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals, and we shall state only a brief outline,…