Driver v. Anheuser

RUDDY, Presiding Judge.

This is an action for damages arising out of personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when the automobile he was driving was struck in the rear by an automobile driven by defendant. The trial resulted in a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff and defendant appeals.

In his answer to plaintiff’s petition and at the trial defendant admitted that the collision was the result of his negligence and admitted liability.

At the time of the collision plaintiff was driving a 1959 four door Impala Chevrolet eastwardly on Highway 66 at approximately midnight on January 24, 1963. As he…