Alexander v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. Grant Emerson, Judge. (1) The court committed reversible error in directing a verdict for the defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s case.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. Grant Emerson, Judge. (1) The court committed reversible error in directing a verdict for the defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s case. The plaintiff’s proof abundantly showed that the defendant was negligent in .running its train at a speed not only in violation of the ordinance, but at a speed that would be dangerous at such a crossing within the city limits in the absence of an ordinance; that the defendant’s servants failed to give warning or signal of the approach of the train by ringing the bell or sounding the whistle. ’(2) The engineer…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, P. J.
-This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court of Jasper County by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover the sum of $25,000 for personal injuries sustained by him through the alleged negligence of the defendant, in running one of its trains of cars against him in the city of Carthage, Missouri.
The trial resulted in the plaintiff taking an involuntary nonsuit with leave to move to set same aside, which motion was overruled, and he duly appealed the cause to this court.
Counsel for the respective parties have made rather an exhaustive statement of the facts of the case, but we…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Stotler ex rel. Stotler v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Burge v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Kellny v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Donohue v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- Weller v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Toeneboehn v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1927
- Ducoulombier v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- Treadway v. United Railways CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1923
- Mahl v. TerrellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
- Friedman v. United Railways Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1922
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