State Ex Rel. Kansas City Public Service Co. v. Bland

Original proceeding in certiorari to quash, for alleged conflicts, the opinion of respondents in the case of Pettyjohn v. Kansas City Public Service Company (Mo. App.), 181 S.W.2d 179.

The cause before respondents was an action for damages for personal injuries, which had been submitted to a jury upon both primary and humanitarian negligence. Verdict and judgment had been for plaintiff and defendant had appealed. On appeal, appellant contended that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence, as a matter of law, and that the trial court had erred (1) in submitting the cause on primary…