Young v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John G. Park, Judge. The court erred in refusing to give defendant railway company’s peremptory instruction asked at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence. Reno v. Railway, 180 Mo. 489; Guyer v. Railway, 174 Mo. 350; Yan Bach v. Railway, 171 Mo: 347; Bromg v. Railway, 194 Mo. 551; Saxton v. Railway, 98 Mo. App. 501; Logan v. Railroad, 96 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John G. Park, Judge. The court erred in refusing to give defendant railway company’s peremptory instruction asked at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence. Reno v. Railway, 180 Mo. 489; Guyer v. Railway, 174 Mo. 350; Yan Bach v. Railway, 171 Mo: 347; Bromg v. Railway, 194 Mo. 551; Saxton v. Railway, 98 Mo. App. 501; Logan v. Railroad, 96 Mo. App. 466; Railroad v. Locke, 14 N. E. 391; Hubbell v. Yonkers, 104 N. Y. 434; Nelson v. Railroad, 30 Minn., 74; .Mfg. Co. v. McCormick, 12 Atl. 273. (1) The court erred as…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
The plaintiff’s action was brought to recover damages from the defendants on account of personal injuries received, as he alleges, through their negligence. He obtained a joint verdict against them.
The defendant railway company operates street railways in Kansas City and the defendant city conducts a street cleaning department. The street railway in question passes oyer Ninth street between Walnut and Main streets, between which streets there is quite a steep grade, so steep, as is commonly understood, as to render it impossible to operate electric cars, and therefore what is known as cable…
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