O'Donnell v. Wells

This case came to me on reassignment. Action by the administratrix under Section 4217, Revised Statutes 1919, for the death of Elizabeth Thomas, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant in operating a street car in St. Louis. The charges of negligence follow: (3) humanitarian rule; (2) violation of speed ordinance; (3) violation of vigilant-watch ordinance; (4) failure to sound the gong or give any warning of the approach of the car. Defendant answered by a general denial and a charge that deceased saw or heard the moving car or could have done so by the exercise of ordinary…