Thompson v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Eon. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) Plaintiff was a mere licensee to whom appellant owed no duty except not wilfully or wantonly to injure him. Wencker y. Railroad, 169 Mo. 592; Carr v. Railroad, 195 Mo. 241; Mann v. Railroad, 86 Mo. 347; Woods v. Railroad, 149 Mo. App. 507 ; Dowd v. Railroad, 84 Wis. 105; Gillis v. Railroad, 59 Pa. St. 143; Railroad v. Schwindling, 101 Pa. St. 261; Heinlein y.
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Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Eon. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) Plaintiff was a mere licensee to whom appellant owed no duty except not wilfully or wantonly to injure him. Wencker y. Railroad, 169 Mo. 592; Carr v. Railroad, 195 Mo. 241; Mann v. Railroad, 86 Mo. 347; Woods v. Railroad, 149 Mo. App. 507 ; Dowd v. Railroad, 84 Wis. 105; Gillis v. Railroad, 59 Pa. St. 143; Railroad v. Schwindling, 101 Pa. St. 261; Heinlein y. Railroad, 147 Mass. 136; Railroad v. Fair-barns, 48 Ark. 491; Railroad v. Bingbam, 29 Ohio St. 364; Post v. Railroad, 123 S. W. 708; Woolwine v. Railroad, 36 W. Ya. 329;…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, 0.
This is a suit for damages on account of personal injuries which are alleged to have been received by plaintiff at the joint passenger station of defendant and the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company at the city of Paragould, Arkansas. The petition states that while he was lawfully there, walking at the side of defendant’s track, he was struck by the door of one of defendant’s freight cars in a passing train; that the door had been negligently permitted by the defendant to project and swing a considerable distance outward from the side of the car so that it struck…
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