Grayson v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. 8. P. Spencer, Judge. STATEMENT. Omitting caption and signature, the petition is as follows: “Plaintiff states that the defendant is now and was at the times hereinafter mentioned a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri, and as such engaged in the carrying of passengers for hire in the city of St. Louis; that on the twenty-first day of June the plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. 8. P. Spencer, Judge. STATEMENT. Omitting caption and signature, the petition is as follows: “Plaintiff states that the defendant is now and was at the times hereinafter mentioned a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri, and as such engaged in the carrying of passengers for hire in the city of St. Louis; that on the twenty-first day of June the plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s cars on Grand avenue.in said city, and with him and under his charge was his son, who was at the time nine years of age,…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
1. The objection made to the introduction of any evidence on either count of the petition was in the nature of a demurrer to the petition on the ground that it failed to state any cause- of action. The first count would authorize a recovery of damages, in an action other than slander, for mental anguish or shame caused by words addressed to the plaintiff unaccompanied by any bodily pain or suffering.
In Farber v. Mo. Pac. R’y Co., 116 Mo. l. c. 91, it is *71said the relation of a carrier and passenger “places the carrier under the obligation to carry the passenger safely and properly and treat…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McGinnis v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1886
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. WhitmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Canfield v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1894
- Hicks v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
- Forsee v. Alabama Great Southern RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Hoeffen v. Columbia Taxicab Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Kramer v. RicksmeierSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Perkins v. WilcoxSupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
- Keen v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
- Davis v. Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1915
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