Pijut v. SAINT LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

HOUSER, Commissioner.

A trial jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis awarded Barbara Pijut damages in the sum of $25,000 for the wrongful death of her husband Florian. Defendant St. Louis Public Service Company has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

Defendant’s streetcar tracks run north and south on Grand Avenue. Caroline and Hickory streets run east and west and intersect Grand Avenue. Hickory is two blocks north of Caroline. Defendant’s streetcar struck the rear of an automobile in which Florian was a passenger, inflicting injuries alleged to have resulted in Florian’s death. At…