Blanks v. St. Louis Public Service Company

DOERNER, Commissioner.

Plaintiff was struck by defendant’s northbound motorbus on December 9, 1957, about 4:30 p. m., while crossing from the west to the east side of Broadway, near Bowen Street, in the City of St. Louis. In this resulting action plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for $4,000, and upon the overruling of its after-trial motions, defendant appealed.

Plaintiff submitted her case solely on defendant’s alleged humanitarian negligence in failing to stop. Defendant’s first assignment is that the plaintiff failed to make a submissible case under that theory, and that the trial…