Shanklin v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

BRADY, Commissioner.

The parties will be referred to by their designation in the trial court. Plaintiff’s action for damages resulting from injuries she sustained while a passenger on one of defendant’s streetcars resulted in a jury verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff’s timely motion for new trial was sustained for prejudicial error in the giving of instructions 14 and 11. The facts will be stated in the light required by the defendant’s jury verdict and limited to those bearing upon the giving of these instructions.

The plaintiff was the last of 6 or 7 passengers to board the streetcar as it…