Fanning v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted by the appellant against appellee in the District Court of Franklin County, to recover $15,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him in .alighting from a passenger train of appellant at Mt. Vernon, Franklin County, on December 31, 1900. Defendant plead general denial; that plaintiff was not entitled to ride on the pass at all, but, if so, no farther than Mt. Vernon; that the train stopped a sufficient time for him to get off, but he negligently failed to do so; assumed risk; that, if appellant got off the train before…