Murphy v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

BOPILING, C.

The St. Louis Public Service Company, a corporation, appeals from a judgment for $15,000 (reduced by remittitur from $22,000) in favor of William Murphy for injuries sustained when one of defendant’s streetcars collided with his automobile. Defendant challenges the correctness of two of plaintiff’s instructions and contends the damages are excessive.

The sole charge in plaintiff’s petition was that defendant was negligent under the humanitarian doctrine. Plaintiff’s verdict directing instruction predicated recovery under said doctrine only on defendant’s negligence in failing to…