Mansfield v. Smithie

By his first amended petition, the plaintiff alleged that he was assaulted by Bill Smithie who was acting as the agent of Cardwell Country Club, Inc., and Tommy Hyde and Betty Hyde. He prayed compensatory damages in the amount of $50,000.00. A jury returned a verdict against all the defendants in that amount. All defendants appeal presenting four points of alleged error. Only the points so presented will be considered by this court. Bryan v. Vaughn, 579 S.W.2d 177 (Mo.App.1979).

A summary of the evidence follows. However, in the review of the points of alleged error the evidence and all…