Heinzle v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ro». Wm. B. Teasdale, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting incompetent evidence offered by the plaintiff, over the objections of the defendant, and in refusing to admit competent evidence offered by defendant, (a) The court erred in admitting incompetent evidence, namely: That of an alleged expert, as to distance in which the train could be. stopped. Maher v. Railroad, 64 Mo. 276; Mammerberg v. Railroad, 62 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ro». Wm. B. Teasdale, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting incompetent evidence offered by the plaintiff, over the objections of the defendant, and in refusing to admit competent evidence offered by defendant, (a) The court erred in admitting incompetent evidence, namely: That of an alleged expert, as to distance in which the train could be. stopped. Maher v. Railroad, 64 Mo. 276; Mammerberg v. Railroad, 62 Mo. App. 567; Senn v. Railroad, 108 Mo. 150; Turner v. Hoar, 114 Mo. 335; Benjamin v. Railroad, 50 Mo. App. 602; Culbertson v. Railroad, 140 Mo. 59;…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action by plaintiff, a female between five and six years of age, for damages, caused by being run over by one of defendant’s street cars in the city of Argentine, Kansas, on the 26th day of February, 1901.
The amount of damages sued for was twenty-five thousand dollars. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of nine thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents.
Thereafter in due time defendant filed its motion for a new trial, which being overruled, it brings the case-to this court by appeal for review.. The accident happened at the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Harlan v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Maher v. Atlantic & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Frick v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1882
- Ruschenberg v. Southern Electric RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Brown v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Theobald v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- Jackson ex rel. Jackson v. ButlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- Christiansen v. St. Louis Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1933
- Herrell v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1929
- Saller v. Friedman Bros. Shoe Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1907
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