Stanich v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

This is an action for $25,000 damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was a guest in an automobile which collided with defendant's barricade, in the street, alleged to have been insufficiently lighted. Defendant's answer was a general denial. The jury found for defendant. Plaintiff has appealed from the judgment entered.

Plaintiff assigns error in instructions. Plaintiff was riding in a car owned and driven by N.M. Jakovac north on Broadway in St. Louis. Jakovac drove, "at the rate of twenty or twenty-five miles per hour," for several blocks behind a large transport truck which made a left…