Adair v. Kansas City Terminal Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Cirenit Court.- — Hon. Thomas B. Buchner, Judge. (1) In considering a demurrer to the evidence or the giving of a peremptory instruction, the court should give consideration to all the evidence and all reasonable inferences to he drawn- therefrom most favorable to the plaintiff.
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Appeal from Jackson Cirenit Court.- — Hon. Thomas B. Buchner, Judge. (1) In considering a demurrer to the evidence or the giving of a peremptory instruction, the court should give consideration to all the evidence and all reasonable inferences to he drawn- therefrom most favorable to the plaintiff. Frankel v. Hudson, 2-71 Mb. 495; Trebbe v. American Steel Foundry, 185 S. W. 179; Meenach v. Crawford, 187 S. W. 879. (2) Orders had been given to use twenty-penny nails in fastening the line timber to the piling, which, was the size of nail customarily used for this purpose. Instead of defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
This is a suit for personal injuries for which the damages are laid at $20,000.
The amended petition upon which it was tried states, in substance, that the defendant Kansas City Terminal Railway Company is a railway corporation owning and operating, among other railway properties, the Kansas City Union Depot; that the defendants H.P. O'Hagan, Patrick O'Hagan and Thomas A. Lake were at the time the injuries were inflicted partners, doing business under the name and style of O'Hagan Lake, and that the corporation of the same name was subsequently organized by the same persons, its corporate…
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- Stotler ex rel. Stotler v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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- Frye v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Meier v. BuchterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- St. Louis, Oak Hill & Carondelet Railway Co. v. FowlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
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