Scott v. Terminal Railroad of St. Louis

WESTHUES, Judge.

Plaintiff Robert Scott, a minor, by his next friend and natural guardian, Rowena Scott, obtained a jury verdict-and judgment in the sum of $60,000 against the defendant Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, a corporation, as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by Robert as a result of defendant’s negligence. The trial court overruled defendant’s motion for new trial and defendant appealed.

The defendant railroad briefed a number of points including the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a verdict for plaintiff. We have…