Jackson v. Kansas City
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. W. O. . Thomas, Judge. (1) The court below erred in refusing the peremptory instruction asked by defendant at the conclusion of all the evidence in the case. Yonkey v. St. Louis, 219 Mo. 37; Hyer v. Janesville, 101 Wis. 371, 77 N. W. 729; Taylor v. Yonkers, 105 N. Y. 222, 11 N. E. 642; Crawford v. New York, 68 App. Div. (N. Y.) 107; Tobey v. Hudson, 49 Hun. (N. Y.)' 318; Foley v. N. Y., 95 App. Div.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. W. O. . Thomas, Judge. (1) The court below erred in refusing the peremptory instruction asked by defendant at the conclusion of all the evidence in the case. Yonkey v. St. Louis, 219 Mo. 37; Hyer v. Janesville, 101 Wis. 371, 77 N. W. 729; Taylor v. Yonkers, 105 N. Y. 222, 11 N. E. 642; Crawford v. New York, 68 App. Div. (N. Y.) 107; Tobey v. Hudson, 49 Hun. (N. Y.)' 318; Foley v. N. Y., 95 App. Div. (N. Y.) 374; Woodcock,v. Worcester, 138 Mass. 268; McNally v. Cohoes, 127 N. Y. 350, 27 N. E. 1043. (2) The court erred in refusing instruction No. 3…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This is an action for personal injuries plaintiff alleges were caused by negligence of defendant city in allowing one of its public sidewalks to remain in a dangerous condition from accumulations of snow and ice. Plaintiff, prevailed in the circuit court where she recovered judgment for one thousand dollars and defendant appealed. We are asked to reverse the judgment on the ground that the evidence of plaintiff discloses no cause of action.
The injury occurred in the night of February 7, 1912, on the sidewalk on the south side of Thirty-fifth street between Garfield and Brooklyn avenues. The…
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- Peters v. City of St. JosephMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906
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