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

* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Carriers, 10CJ, p. 620, n. 83; p. 714, n. 75; p. 716, n. 77. This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while a passenger on defendant's railroad train en route from New Albany, Mississippi, to St. Louis, Missouri. The injuries sued for resulted from the derailment of the train near Menfro, Missouri. Plaintiff is, and was at the time of her injury, the wife of Pate Alexander, who was employed by The Pullman Company as a metal screen worker at its plant in St. Louis. On application of her husband, plaintiff procured from defendant a…