Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Springfield Traction Co.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 24, 1914PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Greene County Circuit Court. — Hon. Guy D. Kirby, Judge. (1) The court erred in permitting so-called hypothetical questions to be propounded which did not embrace all the facts and circumstances in evidence in the case. Smith v. M. & K. Tel. Go., 113 Mo. App.-429; Bragg v. Railway Co., 192 Mo. 33Í; Glasgow v. Railway Co., 191 Mo. 347; Spaulding v. City of Edina, 122 Mo. App.- 65; State v. Forsha, 190 Mo. 296; Smith v. Kansas City, 125 Mo.

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Appeal from Greene County Circuit Court. — Hon. Guy D. Kirby, Judge. (1) The court erred in permitting so-called hypothetical questions to be propounded which did not embrace all the facts and circumstances in evidence in the case. Smith v. M. & K. Tel. Go., 113 Mo. App.-429; Bragg v. Railway Co., 192 Mo. 33Í; Glasgow v. Railway Co., 191 Mo. 347; Spaulding v. City of Edina, 122 Mo. App.- 65; State v. Forsha, 190 Mo. 296; Smith v. Kansas City, 125 Mo. App. 150; Baeher v. Union Co., 133 Mo. App. 541; Taylor v. Grand Ave. Co., 191 Mo. 347; Heiberger v. Tel. Co., 133 Mo. App. 452. (2) Before…

1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, J.

This suit was brought by the widow of James Johnson against the Springfield Traction Company under section 5425, R. S. 1909, for wrongfully and negligently killing her husband in a •collision of one of its street cars and a vehicle (or rather a kitchen safe in a vehicle) in which deceased was riding. A judgment for five thousand six hundred dollars is appealed from.

The facts surrounding the collision and bearing on the question of defendant’s negligence were at this term of court passed upon in an opinion prepared by Judge Sturgis in the case of Marth A. Johnson v. Springfield Traction…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. State v. HydeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
  2. Roscoe v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
  3. Bragg v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
  4. Murphy v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
  5. Boyd v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1911

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Underwood v. St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914
  2. Wright v. Berry Iron & Steele Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1923
  3. Tanner v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914
  4. Tanner v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914

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