Huelsenkamp v. Citizens' Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. This is an action brought, under the statute, by the plaintiff, to recover the sum of five thousand dollars, on account of the death of. her husband, caused, as is alleged by the plaintiff, by the carelessness of defendant’s agents in conducting certain street railroad cars belonging to the defendant.
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Appeal from, St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. This is an action brought, under the statute, by the plaintiff, to recover the sum of five thousand dollars, on account of the death of. her husband, caused, as is alleged by the plaintiff, by the carelessness of defendant’s agents in conducting certain street railroad cars belonging to the defendant. Defendant denies carelessness or negligence on the part of its agents, and avers that Charles Huelsenkamp,' the deceased, came to his death by reason of his own carelessness and negligence. It appears from the evidence, that the accident occurred in…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
In the discussion of this case at the bar, the counsel took *546an exceedingly wide range, examining at length the doctrine applicable to the law of carriers, and also of contributory negligence. It may be conceded that the law in reference to the liabilities aud responsibilities of carriers of passengers is now well understood and defined. They are not, as in the case of carriers of goods, insurers and responsible for all damages which do not fall within the excepted cases of the acts of God and the public enemy, but they are bound to the utmost care and skill in the performance of their duty.…
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