Turner v. Benton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, C. J.:

This is an action to recover damages for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision; The appeal is from an order sustaining the plaintiff’s motion to strike a portion of the defendants’ answer.

Our review of the facts will be limited strictly to matters essential to a disposition of the single appellate issue involved.

On May 4, 1956, plaintiff filed a petition in the district court of Butler county, setting forth the status of the parties and alleging the occurrence of a motor vehicle collision on June 17, 1955, in which he sustained…