Moore v. Stokes

McDOWELL, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Dunklin County, Missouri, sustaining defendant’s after trial motion for judgment in accordance with his motion for directed, verdict on the ground plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, and, in the alternative, awarding a new trial because the verdict was against the weight of the evidence.

The action was for damages sustained by plaintiff while dehorning cattle for defendant on November 10, 1952. The petition stated that defendant employed plaintiff on November 9, 1952, to go to…