Snyder v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

BARRETT, Commissioner.

The plaintiff, Rose Snyder, was a passenger on a bus when the bus operator and the bus became concerned with and involved in a collision between two other vehicles, an automobile and a coal truck. To recover damages for her resulting personal injuries Mrs. Snyder instituted this action against Junus Wright, the driver of the automobile, Edward Bridges, the driver of the coal truck, and the St. Louis Public Service Company, a public carrier. Bridges and Wright defaulted and a verdict was directed against them; by a nine to three vote the jury returned a verdict in favor…