Willi v. United Rys. Co. of St. Louis.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis.— Hon. Benj. J. Klene, Judge. The court erred in refusing to give to the jury the instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence requested by defendant, for the reason that plaintiff made no showing entitling him to have the case submitted to the jury on any theory of pleaded negligence, (a) Plaintiff did not show that any of the alleged omissions of duty counted upon constituted the proximate cause of hi.s…
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Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis.— Hon. Benj. J. Klene, Judge. The court erred in refusing to give to the jury the instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence requested by defendant, for the reason that plaintiff made no showing entitling him to have the case submitted to the jury on any theory of pleaded negligence, (a) Plaintiff did not show that any of the alleged omissions of duty counted upon constituted the proximate cause of hi.s injury for, the evidence showed, he would have been injured by being crowded into the right front corner of the car by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Upon a charge that the defendant Railways Company was guilty of negligence in the operation of one of its cars, causing plaintiff to be injured, the plaintiff had a verdict of a jury, followed by a judgment for $5,000. The defendant brings the case here for review.
The Railways Company owns and operates a line of suburban cars, known as the Creve Coeur line, extending from Delmar Garden near the western St. Louis city limits to Creve Coeur Lake in St. Louis County. In a rural neighborhood a short distance west of the city limits, defendant maintains a station for the reception and discharge of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Harrison v. Kansas City Electric Light Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Hall v. Manufacturers Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Miller v. United Railways Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1911
- Buckner v. Stock Yards Horse & Mule Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
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- Ford v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1927
- Berryman v. Peoples Motorbus Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1932
- Egan v. PalmerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1926
- McCloskey v. Renne.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1931