Owens v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from 'Lafayette ■ Circuit Court. — Hon. J. P0 Strother, Judge. (1) Appellant’s application for an order directing the plaintiff to be examined by medical experts was timely and reasonable and should have been sustained. Schroeder r.
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Appeal from 'Lafayette ■ Circuit Court. — Hon. J. P0 Strother, Judge. (1) Appellant’s application for an order directing the plaintiff to be examined by medical experts was timely and reasonable and should have been sustained. Schroeder r. Railroad, 47 la. 379 ; White. v. Railroad, 61 Wis. 536 ; Hatfield v. Railroad, 33 Minn. 130; Railroad v. Thiol, 29 Kas. 466 ; Shepard v: Railroad, 85 Mo. 629. (2) The court committed, error in its rulings on the evidence, Mrs. Owens was not competent to testify as an expert. No one but a medical expert is qualified to testify as to the character, or the…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This is a suit for personal injuries to-the plaintiff, Mrs. Owens, wife of the other plaintiff. She prevailed in the court below, and the defendant appealed. On the twentieth of November, 1883, she and her daughter were passengers on one of the defendant’s trains from Kansas City to Beverly. The petition, which is very lengthy, states, in substance, that defendant negligently failed and refused to stop the train at Beverly long enough to allow the plaintiff a reasonable time to alight in safety; that, as soon as the train stopped, she stepped to the door of the car to get off; that when she…
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