Rissler v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court . — Eon. H. D. Wood, Judge. Defendant’s peremptory instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the testimony should have been given. Fanning v. Transit Co'., 78 S. W. .62; Ríes v. Transit Co., 77 S. W. 734; Aldrich v. Transit Co., 101 Mo. App. 77, 74 S. W. 141; Barry v. Transit Co., 102 Mo. App. 469, 76 S. W. 706; Asphalt Co. v. Transit Co., 102 Mo. App. 469, 30 S. W. 741.
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
— Respondent was struck and injured by a street car a little after nightfall. The accident happened on Washington avenue in the city of St. Louis at the intersection of that thoroughfare with Leffingwell avenue. Rissler was hurt while attempting to pass from the southwest to the northwest corner of the intersecting streets. While standing on the curb of Washington avenue and before starting forward, he looked to the west for a car but neither saw nor heard one. He testified that his view of the track was unobstructed for half a block (about 150 feet) but at that distance was intercepted by a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Boyd v. Wabash Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Murray v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Hutchinson v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Saint Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. CleereSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Kelly v. Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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- Semple v. United Railways Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1910
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