Dister v. Ludwig

In this action plaintiff alleged that as he walked southward into the north portion of Chouteau Avenue in the City of St. Louis to board a westbound streetcar standing on the east side of its intersection with Theresa Street he was negligently struck and injured by an automobile driven west ward by defendant. He recovered judgment for $8,100, and defendant appealed.

The cause was submitted under the humanitarian doctrine. Defendant assigns as error: (1) that no submissible case was made, (2) admission of prejudicially incompetent evidence, and (3) certain instructions given in behalf of…