Gilroy v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. O’Neill Ryan, Judge. Statement. — -In November, 1903, tbe defendant operated street cars over Grand avenue and Natural Bridge road, in the city of St. Louis. Grand avenue runs north and south and crosses Natural Bridge road (running east and west) at the southeast comer of the Pair Grounds.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. O’Neill Ryan, Judge. Statement. — -In November, 1903, tbe defendant operated street cars over Grand avenue and Natural Bridge road, in the city of St. Louis. Grand avenue runs north and south and crosses Natural Bridge road (running east and west) at the southeast comer of the Pair Grounds. The defendant’s Eighteenth street, Cherokee and Jefferson avenue lines are deflected west at this point on to Natural Bridge road by a switch located in Grand avenue about fifty feet south of the south line of Natural Bridge road. Cars running north on Grand…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
(after stating the facts). — Error is assigned in the giving of plaintiff’s instructions, and also in the refusal of certain instructions asked by the defendant. Plaintiff’s instructions are as follows:
“1. The court instructs the jury that a common carrier of persons, such as a street railway company, carrying passengers for profit, is bound to exercise a high degree of care for the safety of its passengers, that is, such care as a very prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances.
“2. The court instructs the jury that if you find and believe from the evidence that the plaintiff…
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- Lemon v. ChanslorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
- McNulta v. EnschIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Clark v. Chicago & Alton RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Jackson v. Grand Avenue Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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