Roscoe v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Cirenit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in giving instructions requested by the plaintiff, (a) Instruction 1 both enlarges and restricts the issues tendered by the pleadings, is unsupported by evidence, and contradictory of other instructions given in the case.
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Appeal from Jackson Cirenit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in giving instructions requested by the plaintiff, (a) Instruction 1 both enlarges and restricts the issues tendered by the pleadings, is unsupported by evidence, and contradictory of other instructions given in the case. Purcell v. Tennant Shoe Go., 187 Mo. 287; Trigg v. Lumber C'o., 187 Mo. 234; Story v. Story, 188 Mo. 127; Crane v. Railroad, 87 Mo. 595; Wojtylak v. Coal Co., 188 Mo. 283; Evans v. Railroad, 106 Mo. 601; Heinzle v. Railroad, 182 Mo. 550'; Livingston v. Railroad, 170' Mo. 472; Yall v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Action for personal injuries to plaintiff who was a passenger on one of defendant’s street railroad trains. The accident in which plaintiff was injured occurred on August 22,1902. In the lower court plaintiff had judgment for $10,000, whereupon defendant appealed to this court.
■ Defendant, at date of accident, operated a double-track cable railroad, known as the Ninth Street line, running from the eastern part of Kansas City, Missouri, along Ninth street to the Union Depot. The Union Depot was the western terminus of the line and was at the bottom of a very steep incline on Ninth street.…
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