O'Hara v. Laclede Gas Light Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court . — Hon. J. E. Withrow, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give the peremptory instruction asked by appellant at the close of all the evidence.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court . — Hon. J. E. Withrow, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give the peremptory instruction asked by appellant at the close of all the evidence. Ege v. Brick Co., 118 Mo. 630 ; Fink v. Furnace Co., 82 Mo. 276; Morgan v. Bowman," 22 Mo. 538; Crenshaw v. Ullman, 113 Mo. 633'; Independence v. Slack, 134 Mo. 66; Blumb v. City, 84 Mo. 112; Dillon v. Hunt, 82 Mo. 1501; Uerdes v. Christopher, 124 Mo. 347; Salmon v. Kansas City, 241 Mo. 14. (2) The court erred in giving instruction 1 at the instance of respondent. See authorities, supra. (1) The demurrer…
1Opinion of the Court
GRAVES, P. J.-
This cause reached this court upon a- divided opinion of the St. Louis Court of Appeals. There are three opinions ini the case, one affirming the judgment nisi, another concurring in such affirmance, but upon a slightly different course of reasoning, and one dissenting opinion, with the formal request for certification to this court as required by the Constitution.
The vital portions of the petition are:
“The plaintiffs, who are the father and mother of Francis Desmond O’Hara, who, at the time herein mentioned, was a minor and unmarried, state the defendants, and each of them are…
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