Gaedis ex rel. Gaedis v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. Goodrich, Judge. (1) The petition did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. Gabriel v. Railway, 130 Mo. App. 551; Earning’ v. Railway, 157 Mo. 508; Sherman v. Rockwood, 26 Mo. App. 403; England v. Den-ham, 93 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. Goodrich, Judge. (1) The petition did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. Gabriel v. Railway, 130 Mo. App. 551; Earning’ v. Railway, 157 Mo. 508; Sherman v. Rockwood, 26 Mo. App. 403; England v. Den-ham, 93 Mo. App. 13-19; Adams v. Trigg, 37 Mo. 141; Darrett v. Donnelly, 38 Mo. 492; Haley v. Railroad, 197 Mo. 13; White v. Railroad, 202 Mo. 539; Jordon v. Transit Co., 202 Mo. 426. (2) The court erred in giving appellant’s instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence offered at the close of the plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This suit is prosecuted by August Gaedis as nest friend of his infant son, Prank Gaedis, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Prank in being struck by an electric street car operated by defendant on one of its lines of street railway in Kansas City, Kansas. A trial in the circuit court resulted in a verdict and judgment' for *228plaintiff in the sum of $2,000, and after unsuccessfully moving for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, defendant brought the case here by appeal.
The injury occurred in the afternoon of September 18, 1908, on North Fifth street in Kansas City, Kansas,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Raming v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- Grout v. Central Electric Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1907
- Haley v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Thompson v. Keyesmarshall Bros. Livery Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Blyston-Spencer v. United Railways Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1910
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- Flynn v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1912