Woas v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.— Hon. John A. Blevins, Judge. (1) The petition states a good cause of action under the' law as laid down in the rule, and the proof supports the allegations. It is alleged that the defendant could have readily foreseen the danger they were subjecting plaintiff to and also that the defendant’s agents and servants took no steps to prevent the injury to plaintiff. The proof supports this allegation.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.— Hon. John A. Blevins, Judge. (1) The petition states a good cause of action under the' law as laid down in the rule, and the proof supports the allegations. It is alleged that the defendant could have readily foreseen the danger they were subjecting plaintiff to and also that the defendant’s agents and servants took no steps to prevent the injury to plaintiff. The proof supports this allegation. Clearly these two allegations state a good cause of action against defendant. At another place in the petition it is alleged that the defendant’s own act…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
On the 3d of March, 1903, plaintiff filed in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis an amended petition, which in substance stated that on the 14th of April, 1902, the defendant was a public carrier of passengers for hire, and as such controlled and operated a street railway along and over Easton avenue in the city of St. Louis, a street running in an easterly and westerly direction, and on said day plaintiff took passage on one of defendant’s east-bound cars at or near Clara avenue, and paid his fare,.and was accepted as a passenger on said car. While plaintiff was a passenger on said…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Curtis v. . Rochester and Syracuse Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Connell's Ex'ors v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Flesh v. LindsaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad v. BurkeMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. PillsburyIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
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- Rice v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1910
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