Rice v. Allen
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Commissioner.
In this action to recover $75,000 damages for personal injuries the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence and the plaintiff has appealed.
In May 1952, the defendant, Robert S. Allen, owned and operated seven or eight trucks in his coal business. The plaintiff, Raleigh E. Rice, an experienced mechanic, owned and operated a garage. The defendant Allen had been Rice’s customer for two years. Rice did the “general repair” work on Allen’s trucks; Allen usually told Rice what “was ailing them” and if there was a…
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