Schlereth v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — I-Ion. W. H. Horner, Judge. The following are the instructions discussed in the opinion : “The jury are instructed that if they believe from the evidence, that on or about the twenty-sixth day of November, 1884, the plaintiff one Anton Schlereth were husband and wife and that said Anton died on or about the day aforesaid and left the plaintiff surviving him as his widow, and that on or about said day, the defendant, by its…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — I-Ion. W. H. Horner, Judge. The following are the instructions discussed in the opinion : “The jury are instructed that if they believe from the evidence, that on or about the twenty-sixth day of November, 1884, the plaintiff one Anton Schlereth were husband and wife and that said Anton died on or about the day aforesaid and left the plaintiff surviving him as his widow, and that on or about said day, the defendant, by its officers, agents, servants, employes, was running, conducting or managing one of its locomotives, and that said locomotive was…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
Action for damages, brought by plaintiff against defendant for causing the death of her husband, Anton Schlereth, who was killed by one of defendant’s trains near Tower Grove station, in the city of St. Louis, while he was in defendant’s employ as track-repairer.
Omitting formal parts, the petition is as follows: “That on said day the defendant, by its officers, agents, servants and employes, was running, conducting and managing one of its said locomotives, which was then and there being propelled by steam power on, along and over its said line of railway, within the limits of the city of St.…
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