Franklin v. Friedrich

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

This case, tried on appellant’s $24,000 counterclaim for damages for personal injuries, resulted in a verdict and judgment for respondent. The sole issue is whether the trial court erred in receiving into evidence respondent’s Exhibit A, a Missouri Uniform Traffic Ticket, wherein appellant was charged with “C & I — failure to exercise highest degree of care,” and which he admitted signing on the reverse under “plea of guilty and waiver,” and mailing it to the Magistrate Court of Ralls County, Missouri, with a $25 check for a fine.

The thrust of appellant’s first…