Holly Investment Co. v. Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City

MANFORD, Judge.

This is an action seeking recovery of damages allegedly resulting from the negligent failure to secure an applicable policy of insurance. Judgment was entered upon and in accordance with the jury’s verdict for respondent. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

Two points are presented, which in summary charge that the trial court erred in (1) admitting certain evidence, to wit, an executed release, because the result of such admission placed “upon the jury the task of determining the meaning of the language used in the release”, leaving the determination of a legal…