Daily v. Maxwell
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Ron. L. J. Eastin, Judge. (1) No negligence on the part of the driver of the car was shown. (2) The court erred in giving instructions F and G on his own motion for defendant. The automobile is not considered in law as dangerous per se.
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Ron. L. J. Eastin, Judge. (1) No negligence on the part of the driver of the car was shown. (2) The court erred in giving instructions F and G on his own motion for defendant. The automobile is not considered in law as dangerous per se. Huddy on Automobiles (2 Ed.), pp. 24, 29 and 33; 28 Cyc. 25; Cunningham v. Castle, 3 N. Y. S. 1057; Vincent v. Crandall and Godley Co., 115 N. Y. S. 600; Danforth v. Fisher, 75 N. H. 3, 71 A., 535; Lewis v. Amorous (Ga.), 59 S. E. 338. (3) A parent is-not liable for the torts of his minor son. Basset v. Riley, 131 Mo. App.…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
Plaintiff Aims injured in a runaway accident on one of the public streets of St. Joseph and claims in her petition for damages that her injuries AArere caused by negligence of defendants in the operation of a gasoline automobile which frightened the horse attached to the buggy in which she AAras riding and caused him to run aAvay. She prevailed in the trial court where- a jury gave her a verdict of one thousand dollars against both defendants and the cause is here on the appeal of defendants from a judgment rendered on that verdict.
The injury occurred about ten o’clock in the morning of June…
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