Dunkman v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The St. Louis court of appeals was clearly in error as to instruction number eight. (2) The modification of said instruction, as made by the trial court, was necessary to make it harmonize with instruction number two given for the plaintiff, which was the precise law.
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Appeal from, St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The St. Louis court of appeals was clearly in error as to instruction number eight. (2) The modification of said instruction, as made by the trial court, was necessary to make it harmonize with instruction number two given for the plaintiff, which was the precise law. Harlan v. Railroad, 65 Mo. 22; Kelly v. Railroad, 75 Mo. 140; Scoville v. Railroad, 81 Mo. 440 ; Welsh v. Railroad, 81 Mo. 466; Merz v. Railroad, 88 Mo. 672; Bergman v. Railroad, 88 Mo. 678; Riñe v. Railroad, 88 Mo. 392. (3) Defendant’s instruction number four, given, was a correct…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, J.
This action was brought in the St. Louis circuit court by the plaintiff against the defendant to *238recover damages, on account of personal injuries sustained by reason of alleged negligence, on the, part of the agents and servants of defendant, in the conduct and management of an engine and train of cars within the limits of said city. At the trial before tlie circuit court, there was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, from which defendant appealed to the St. Louis court of appeals, where the judgment of the circuit court was reversed and the cause remanded, from which the plaintiff appealed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Harlan v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Karle v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs R. R.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Maher v. Atlantic & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Frick v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1882
- Kelley v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
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- Boyd v. Wabash Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Klockenbrink v. St. Louis & Meramec River RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- State Ex Rel. Fleming v. BlandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1929
- Hilz v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Lampkin v. McCormickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
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