Brown v. St. Louis Public Service Company

421 S.W.2d 255 (1967)

Carrie BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

No. 52968.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

November 13, 1967.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1967.

William R. Hirsch, Clayton, for appellant.

George A. Adolf, St. Louis, for respondent.

FINCH, Judge.

Plaintiff's personal injury action resulted in a verdict in her favor for $5,000. Defendant's motion for new trial contained numerous assignments of error, but the trial court granted a new trial on the single ground that

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