Brown v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

McMILLIAN, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, Missouri Pacific Railroad, a corporation, from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, on a jury verdict for $12,000 in favor of plaintiff, John E. Brown, for personal injuries suffered by him as a result of defendant’s negligence. We affirm.

For reversal defendant argues, first, that there was no direct evidence that its employees placed the “catcher arm” in the aisle or that defendant knew or by using ordinary care could have known of its presence, and that the circumstantial evidence on this point is…