Conley v. Crown Coach Company

Action for damages alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of defendant. Defendant denied generally and pleaded contributory negligence. A jury was waived, the cause tried to the court and judgment entered for defendant. Plaintiff has appealed. We have jurisdiction because the amount sued for exceeds $7,500.

About 6 P.M. on July 8, 1939, plaintiff was driving her automobile south on U.S. Highway No. 71, near Peculiar, Missouri. Charles W. Prettyman was driving his automobile south on the same highway in front of plaintiff's automobile. J.F. Calloway was driving an open stake bed…