Pritt v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis

Grace M. Pritt recovered a judgment against Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, a corporation, in the sum of $15,000 for the death of Alvin Pritt, her husband. Plaintiff submitted her case under the humanitarian doctrine on alleged negligence of defendant in the disjunctive in failing to stop the locomotive involved or to warn Mr. Pritt of its approach. The Terminal Railroad Association appeals, contending that plaintiff did not establish actionable humanitarian negligence; that plaintiff's evidence is perjurious, self-destructive, and without probative force; and other issues which…