Farmer v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Now. George C. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) There was no proof as to any negligent or improper handling of the defendant’s train or engine. Therefore, plaintiff was not entitled to recover. Tick-ell v. Railroad, 149 Mo. App. 652; Ray v. Railroad, 147 Mo. App. 332; Hedrick v. Railroad, 195 Mo. 121; Portuchek v. Railroad, 101 Mo. App. 52; Erwin v. Railroad 94 Mo. App. 289; Saxton v. Railroad, 98 Mo. App. 503; Young v. Railroad, 93 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Now. George C. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) There was no proof as to any negligent or improper handling of the defendant’s train or engine. Therefore, plaintiff was not entitled to recover. Tick-ell v. Railroad, 149 Mo. App. 652; Ray v. Railroad, 147 Mo. App. 332; Hedrick v. Railroad, 195 Mo. 121; Portuchek v. Railroad, 101 Mo. App. 52; Erwin v. Railroad 94 Mo. App. 289; Saxton v. Railroad, 98 Mo. App. 503; Young v. Railroad, 93 Mo. App. 247; Shields v. Railroad, 87 Mo. App. 645; Hite v. Railroad, 130 Mo. 139; Huffy v. Railroad, 53 Mo. App. 462; Waite v.…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
This is an action for injuries alleged to have been suffered by plaintiff, a railway postal clerk, while being transported as. such upon one of defendant’s trains, and caused by the negligence of defendant. Plaintiff recovered and the defendant prosecutes the appeal.
The charge of negligence laid against the defendant is that while plaintiff, in pursuit of his duties as a postal clerk, was standing in a mail car, which formed a part of a train of cars of defendant and which was standing in the train sheds at the St. Louis Union Station, the defendant negligently caused and permitted one of its…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Mellor v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Guffey v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1893
- Hedrick v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. WatsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Magoffin v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
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