Lee v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

This is an action by plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of Anna Morris, deceased, to recover for the alleged wrongful death of decedent, whose death resulted from being run over by one of defendant's street cars. The action is under the penalty section of what is sometimes called the death statute. [Sec. 3262, R.S. 1929, Mo. Stat. Ann., sec. 3262, p. 3353.] The jury returned a verdict for the full penalty of $10,000. Motion for a new trial was overruled and defendant appealed.

[1] Deceased was on the forward car of a two-car train. The rear car was called a trailer. Deceased was a…