Brockmann v. United Railways Co.

Plaintiff brought this action in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis for personal injuries, wherein he placed his damages at $25,000. Upon a trial he recovered from the defendant, who is the appellant here, the sum of $12,500. Prom this judgment defendant appeals.

On the view we are constrained to take of this case any extended statement of the facts will be wholly unnecessary. Briefly the facts are that on a certain August night about 12 o’clock, plaintiff in an automobile with six others, including the chauffeur, of plaintiff, who was *698driving the automobile, were proceeding north on…