Williams v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John- G. Park, Judge. (1) The defendant was guilty of negligence in maintaining its platform dangerously close to the track in question, so as to endanger the safety of employees necessarily and properly working alongside the same, unless it was necessary for defendant to maintain its platform in such proximity. Murphy v. Railroad, 115 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John- G. Park, Judge. (1) The defendant was guilty of negligence in maintaining its platform dangerously close to the track in question, so as to endanger the safety of employees necessarily and properly working alongside the same, unless it was necessary for defendant to maintain its platform in such proximity. Murphy v. Railroad, 115 Mo. Ill; Charlton v. Railroad, 200 Mo. 437; Railroad v. Davis, 92 Ala. 300; Railroad v. Stevens, 189' 111. 226'; Kerst v. Railroad, 110 la. 32; Railroad v. Michaels, 57 Kas. 476; R. S. 1909, sec. 7844. (2) There was no…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, P. J.
Plaintiff is the widow of Ellis T. High, and as such, in the name of Anna High, brought suit against defendant in the circuit court of Jackson county for the alleged negligent killing of her husband, the said Ellis T. High. After the institution of the suit, she intermarried with one Williams, and took the necessary steps to further prosecute the suit in the name she thus assumed by the intermarriage.
By her petition she charges that the death of her said husband was occasioned by reason of the fact that defendant had negligently constructed an unloading platform too close to the track upon…
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