Birdsong v. Meyers

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in a collision of automobiles on a Missouri state highway about a mile east of the Kansas line.

On the night of May 27, 1933, plaintiff was a member of a party of seven persons traveling eastward on the highway. There was a beer tavern situated a short distance north of the road, and the driver of the automobile in which plaintiff was riding decided to turn in and halt at the tavern. As the automobile was turning northward to leave the highway, defendant and three…