Schmidt v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Dan’l D. Fisher, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s challenge of juror, Elsworth Lyons. Billineyer v. Transit Co., 108 M'o. App. 6; Theobald v. Transit Co., 191 Mo. 895. (2) The court erred in not sustaining defendant’s demurrer to the evidence, because there is no evidence tending to show negligent speed of the car, or, if the speed was negligent, that it was the proximate cause of the collision.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Dan’l D. Fisher, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s challenge of juror, Elsworth Lyons. Billineyer v. Transit Co., 108 M'o. App. 6; Theobald v. Transit Co., 191 Mo. 895. (2) The court erred in not sustaining defendant’s demurrer to the evidence, because there is no evidence tending to show negligent speed of the car, or, if the speed was negligent, that it was the proximate cause of the collision. Molyneaux v. Railroad, 81 Mo. App. 25; Bluedorn v. Railroad, 121 Mo. 258; Jackson v. Railroad, 157 Mo. 621. (3) Plaintiff’s first…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
This is an action for damages alleged to have accrued to Joseph Schmidt, now deceased, for personal injuries inflicted upon him by defendant’s street car. Plaintiff recovered and the defendant prosecutes the appeal. After trial and judgment in the circuit court, Joseph Schmidt departed this life and the cause now stands revived in the name of Virginia Schmidt, his executrix. For convenience, we will refer to Joseph Schmidt, now deceased, as the plaintiff.
It appears the plaintiff was seated in a one-horse wagon and had been driving south on the defendant’s southbound track about sixty hundred…
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