Norton v. Kramer
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court — New. W. B. Douglas, Judge. (1) The only evidence admissible as to the alleged defective condition of the’sidewalk was as to its condition at the time of the alleged accident. Alcorn v. Railroad, 108 Mo. 90; Hipsley v. Railroad, 88 Mo. 354; Bowles v. Kansas City, 51 Mo. App. 419; Colyer v. Railroad, 93 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court — New. W. B. Douglas, Judge. (1) The only evidence admissible as to the alleged defective condition of the’sidewalk was as to its condition at the time of the alleged accident. Alcorn v. Railroad, 108 Mo. 90; Hipsley v. Railroad, 88 Mo. 354; Bowles v. Kansas City, 51 Mo. App. 419; Colyer v. Railroad, 93 Mo. App. 152. (a) Evidence of any defect existing in the sidewalk at any time subsequent to the happening of the injury alleged was improperly admitted. (b) Evidence of defective conditions existing before the alleged injury is admissible only when it…
1Opinion of the CourtBbace., P. J.
This is an appeal by the city of St. Louis, one of the defendants, from a judgment of the St. Louis Circuit Court, in favor of the plaintiff against said defendant, for the sum of two- thousand dollars damages for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff from a fall upon a sidewalk of said city, alleged to have been caused by the defective and dangerous condition thereof.
Demurrers to the evidence by the other defendants, William Kramer and Nat. Abraham, having been sustained, and the demurrer of the city thereto overruled, the case was submitted to the jury, as to the city, on instructions…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stoher v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Swadley v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- O'Neill v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
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