Skinner v. Stifel
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. (1) The question of contributory negligence was submitted to the jury, and a finding had for plaintiff. (2) On the question of the verbal instruction of the court to the jury, there was nothing improper said, or that in any way injuriously affected defendants. Fair-grieve v. Moberly, 29 Mo. App. 141; McPherson v. Bailroad, 97 Mo. 254; Allen v. Woodson, 50 Gra. 53; Pierce v. Behfuss, 53 Mich. 66.
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, P. J.
The plaintiff recovered a judgment'for $21.35 against the defendants for injuries to his vehicle and loss .of time, alleged to have been caused, by the defendants’ negligencein failing to place a red light, in the night time, on an excavation made by them in a street of the city of St. Louis, as required by the .ordinances of the city.
The defendants appeal, and assign for error that the court refused to sustain their demurrer to the evidence, and that the court further erred in giving to the juryin their absence and in absence of their counsel an oral instruction, the tenor of which was…
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