Finley v. Smith

This suit springs from injuries sustained by Chester E. Smith, defendant-appellant, when a motor coach in which he was riding collided with an unlighted truck on Highway No. 24 in Lafayette county, Missouri. The object of the original bill of R.H. Finley, plaintiff-respondent, in the instant suit was to enjoin Smith's prosecution of any action against Finley on account of said injuries and thus enforce a covenant by Smith not to sue Finley. The case reaches us upon transfer from the Kansas City Court of Appeals on the ground the amount involved, $50,000, exceeds the jurisdiction of that…