Legal Opinion

Hutton v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided October 7, 1912PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. James E. Slover, Judge. (1) For the action of the trial court in charging defendant with unfairness and compelling it to deliver to plaintiff her signed statement before defendant had used it or attempted to use same, this case must be reversed. Levels v. Railroad, 196 Mo. 606; Rose v. Kansas City, 125 Mo. App. 231; Steltemier v. Barrett, 115 Mo.

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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. James E. Slover, Judge. (1) For the action of the trial court in charging defendant with unfairness and compelling it to deliver to plaintiff her signed statement before defendant had used it or attempted to use same, this case must be reversed. Levels v. Railroad, 196 Mo. 606; Rose v. Kansas City, 125 Mo. App. 231; Steltemier v. Barrett, 115 Mo. App. 323. (2) Plaintiff’s admission that the car had started before she got out is conclusive against her. State v. Brooks, 99 Mo. 137; Cogan v. Railroad, 101 Mo. App. 179, 189; Shanahan v. Tranist Co., 109…

1Opinion of the CourtBeoaddus, P. J.

— Action' for damages. The plaintiff claims she was injured while stepping off one of defendant’s street cars near the intersection of *648Twelfth and Cherry streets in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 16, 1909.

The plaintiff is a young woman, at the time of her injury twenty years of age, weighing 160 pounds, and by occupation a milliner’s maker. At about 7:30 a. m;, of the day she was injured, she boarded a west bound car on Twelfth street for passage to said intersection of Twelfth and.Cherry streets. Her evidence went to show' that when the car arrived at said intersection, it stopped at the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Grand Avenue RailwaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
  2. Holtzen v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1911

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. HarriesUtah Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Kendall v. Prudential Life Insurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1958
  3. Glen L. Wigton Motor Co. v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
  4. Lewkowitz v. United Railways Co. of St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913

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