Schmid v. Eslick

The opinion of the .court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This was an action for damages for personal injuries sustained in an automobile collision. Plaintiff (appellant) was riding in the front seat of a DeSoto sedan owned and driven by his neighbor Joe Blackburn when it collided with the rear of a Mercury sedan owned and driven by the defendant (appellee); both cars were traveling in the same direction. The jury returned a general verdict for the defendant and made special findings hereinafter detailed.

On October 15, 1955, plaintiff and his family and other friends gathered at the farm home of…