Harris v. Niehaus

857 S.W.2d 222 (1993)

Eugenia HARRIS, et al., Respondents,

v.

Harold E. NIEHAUS, et al., Appellants.

No. 75087.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

June 29, 1993.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 1993.

Walter D. McQuie, Jr., Montgomery City, for appellants.

Richard B. Blanke, St. Louis, for respondents.

ROBERTSON, Chief Justice.

This case is about a terrible tragedy. The three minor children of Larry and Eugenia Harris drowned when an automobile in which they had been left unattended rolled down a roadway, through some woods and into a lake. The issue in this case is whether the trustees of the subdivision,…