Rose v. Missouri District Telegraph Co.

Action, by plaintiff, respondent here, against Missouri District Telegraph Company, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and Union Electric Light & Power Company to recover damages for alleged personal injuries. Plaintiff recovered judgment in the sum of $50,000, and each defendant .appealed. The three appeals were jointly submitted and will be disposed of in one opinion.

For brevity we will refer to defendants as telegraph company, telephone eompanjr and light company. Each of the companies was engaged in the business its name indicates in the city of St. Louis. The telephone company owned a…