Eickmann v. St. Louis Public Service Company

STORCKMAN, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff, Edward V. Eickmann, sued the defendant, St. Louis Public Service Company, a corporation, for damages in the sum of $35,000 resulting from injuries alleged to have been received by his wife while a passenger on a motorbus of the defendant. The verdict and judgment was in favor of the defendant and the plaintiff has appealed. The parties will be referred to as they were designated in the trial court.

The action was pleaded and submitted on the res ipsa loquitur doctrine. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that Mrs. Eickmann was riding as a passenger…