Daniels v. Dillinger

TITUS, Judge.

Shortly after midnight on October 17, 1965, in Springfield, Missouri, Barbara Daniels, the plaintiff, was a passenger in a Dodge driven by Donald Houston when it was struck successively at the intersection of Glenstone and Seminole Streets by an Oldsmobile operated by Lee Payton and a Chevrolet driven by Carolyn Sue Dillinger. Plaintiff sued the three drivers in the Circuit Court of Greene County, but settled her claim for damages against Payton for $10,000 prior to trial. In accordance with the jury’s verdict, the circuit court entered judgment for plaintiff against Houston in…