Sira v. Wabash Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M, Hughes, Judge. (1) The court erred in excluding proper and legal' evidence offered by the plaintiff. The defendant is liable for the acts of its porter. Williams v. Palace Car Co., 4 South. Rep.
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Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M, Hughes, Judge. (1) The court erred in excluding proper and legal' evidence offered by the plaintiff. The defendant is liable for the acts of its porter. Williams v. Palace Car Co., 4 South. Rep. (La.) 85. The defendant and the trial judge tried this case on the theory that the plaintiff, the conductor and the train were all to be governed by certain rules of the defendant prohibiting the stopping of the train at Benton 'City. This was erroneous. McGee v. Railroad, 92 Mo. 208; Marshall v. Railroad, 78 Mo. 660; Logan v. Railroad, 77 Mo. 668;…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
The suit is for damages on account of the alleged wrongful expulsion of plaintiff from one of its trains by the employes of defendant.
The petition charges, in substance, that on the second of November, 1888, defendant sold plaintiff a coupon ticket, which entitled her to transportation from the state of Virginia to St. Louis, Missouri, and from St. Louis to Mexico, Missouri, over the road of defendant, but that her destination was Benton City, and defendant, when it sold her the ticket, agreed to let her off at her destination; that on the fourth of November, 1888, at the city of St. Louis,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Craker v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Evans v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1882
- Marshall v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1883
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- Gaines v. Property Servicing CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- Jackson v. Grand Avenue Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Jackson ex rel. Jackson v. ButlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. PriceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Ford v. MonroeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
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