Anton v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

Suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff by falling over a signpost lying on the sidewalk on the west side of DeBaliviere Avenue in St. Louis on the evening of August 21, 1928. Plaintiff recovered judgment for $10,500, from which defendant appealed. Defendant operated a passenger transportation system in which it used street cars and busses. Plaintiff boarded one of the defendant's street cars at a point east of DeBaliviere Avenue for the purpose of going, via said car and one of defendant's busses, to the Municipal Theater in Forest Park. He paid one fare for the entire…