Meeker ex rel. Meeker v. Union Electric Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. — Hon. Rhodes E.. Gave, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give the instructions in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence. Beave v. Transit Co., 212 Mo. 352; State ex rel.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. — Hon. Rhodes E.. Gave, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give the instructions in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence. Beave v. Transit Co., 212 Mo. 352; State ex rel. National Newspaper Assn, v. Ellison, 176 S. W. 11; Degonia v. Railroad, 224 Mo. 564; State ex rel. v. Ellison, 270 Mo. 645; Bank v. Murdock, 62 Mo. 70; Mansur v. Botts, 80' Mo. 651; Black v. Railroad, 217 Mo. 672; Tinkle v. Railway Co., 212 Mo. 445; Eads v. Galt Tel. Co., 199 .S. W. 710; McGrath v. Transit Co., 197 Mo. 97. (2) The court erred in giving plaintiff’s instruction…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
The plaintiff brought this suit in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis against the defendant, to recover the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars for personal injuries received by him through the alleged negligence of the defendant. The trial resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $50,000, which upon motion by the defendant was by the court reduced to $35,000. After taking the proper preliminary steps therefor, the defendant duly appealed the cause to this court.
The charging part of the petition was as follows:
“The defendant negligently and carelessly permitted one or…
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- Gannon v. Laclede Gas Light Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Wolfe v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Heberling v. City of WarrensburgSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Newlin v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- Globe Printing Co. v. StahlMissouri Court of Appeals · 1886
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