Holifield v. Wigdor

ASCHEMEYER, C.

[565] This is a suit to recover damages in the amount of $15,000.00 for the alleged wrongful death of plaintiffs’ son, a child approximately five years of age. There was a verdict for the defendants and plaintiffs have appealed.

Plaintiffs’ son was drowned on January 27, 1949, in a water-filled exacavation located on residential property in Charleston, Missouri, owned by Jesse N. Scott and his wife. The Scotts, along with the Semo Gas Company, were originally joined as defendants but plaintiffs dismissed as to these defendants prior to trial and proceeded against the Wigdor…