Meyer v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to (be Circuit Court of the i rnited States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. At Law.’ Action by Sallie Meyer, as; administratrix of Isador Meyer, deceased, against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company and Pullman’s Palace Car Company, to recover for the killing of said Isador Meyer by an insane fellow railway passenger. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiff brings error.
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In Error to (be Circuit Court of the i rnited States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. At Law.’ Action by Sallie Meyer, as; administratrix of Isador Meyer, deceased, against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company and Pullman’s Palace Car Company, to recover for the killing of said Isador Meyer by an insane fellow railway passenger. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiff brings error. Statement by SHIRAS, District Judge: This cáse comes before this court on a writ of error to the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Arkansas, and the facts…
1Opinion of the Court
Hi OKAS, District Judge,
(after stating the facts.) In considering the questions arising on the errors assigned in this record, we deem it best not to take them up in the order followed to the assignment of errors and in the briefs of counsel, believing that a clearer understanding of the questions involved can be had if we follow the sequence of the events that gave rise to this controversy.
in the petition it ⅛ averred that tbe defendant companies bad knowledge' of the insane condition of John W. Graeter when he sought to become a passenger on the train, leaving St. Louis on the evening of…
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