(DOWNLOAD) "Clarence Hopper and Mrs. Clarence Hopper" by Supreme Court of Missouri # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Clarence Hopper and Mrs. Clarence Hopper
- Author : Supreme Court of Missouri
- Release Date : January 10, 1961
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
On April 17, 1957 at about 8:45 p.m. an automobile carrying six young men ran downhill on Commerce Street in Glasgow, over the railroad tracks and into the Missouri River. Only one person survived. Among the victims was Glenn T. Hopper, age 20, the owner of the car, and Wm. Glenn Conrow, age 23, who was driving the car. Hopper's parents brought suit against the administratrix of Conrow's estate for $25,000 damages for the death of their son. Plaintiffs appeal from an adverse judgment following the return of a jury verdict for defendant. The petition charged that while Glenn T. Hopper was riding as a passenger and guest in an automobile owned by him, operated by and in the exclusive control of Conrow, the latter drove and operated the automobile in such a negligent manner that it ran off the traveled portion of Commerce Street and plunged into the Missouri River. The answer pleaded that Hopper had control or the right to control the automobile, and that Hopper drove or caused it to be driven in an unsafe manner or negligently failed to protest the manner in which his automobile was being operated, and failed to take any affirmative action to prevent the casualty, or negligently rode in his automobile while it was being driven by an incompetent person.