St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Smith

TALBOT, Associate Justice.

— Appellee brought this suit to recover of appellant damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him through the negligence of appellant in permitting a hole to be and remain in a bridge on its right of way at a public road crossing, into which appellee stepped while using said crossing. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for the sum of $3,200, from which the railway company has appealed.

There is no controversy about the pleadings and it is deemed unnecessary to state them. The facts, briefly stated, are…