Smith v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

This is a suit for statutory damages in the sum of $10,000, filed in the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County, by the administrator of the estate of James Haley, deceased, in which the negligence of the defendant railway company is alleged as the cause of Haley's death. The trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant, and the court sustained plaintiff's motion for a new trial on the specified grounds that errors were committed in giving to the jury certain instructions, requested by the defendant. The case is here for review on defendant's appeal from the action of the trial court in…