Coppersmith v. Mound City Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Coxvrt. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling plaintiff’s challenge to jurors Meier and Messmore on their voir dire examination. Revised Statutes, 1889, sec. 6083; State v. Bank, 10 Mo.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Coxvrt. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling plaintiff’s challenge to jurors Meier and Messmore on their voir dire examination. Revised Statutes, 1889, sec. 6083; State v. Bank, 10 Mo. App. 485. It is universally held that the special designation by statute of certain causes of disqualification creates no limitation against others not so designated, which are clearly founded on the demand for an impartial trial. Chouteau v. Pierre, 9 Mo. 3; State v. West, 69 Mo. 401. The answer of the juror Meier to the last question, “Can -you…
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, P. J.
The plaintiff, a boy twelve years of age, endeavoring to mount one of the defendant’s electric cars while in motion, fell and received bodily injuries. He brought this action, alleging that the accident was due to the conductor’s negligence in carelessly taking hold of him, while the car was in motion, for the purpose of putting him on the car, and then letting go his hold, whereby the plaintiff slipped and fell, and was seriously injured by the rear car. The answer is a general denial and the plea of contributory negligence.
The case was tried by a special jury, and the evidence was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Keegan v. KavanaughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Hudson v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- McCarthy v. Cass Avenue & Fair Ground Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- State ex rel. Goldsoll v. Chatham National BankSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Adriance v. ArnotSupreme Court of Missouri · 1862
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