Kinney v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit. Court. — Hon. E. E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence at the close of the evidence. Williams v. Railroad, 149 Mo. App. 489; Koenig v. Railroad, 173 Mo. 698; Klockenbrink v. Railroad, 172 Mo. 678; Moore v. Railroad, 194 Mo. 1; Eppstein v. Railroad, 197 Mo. 720; Murrell v. Railroad, 105 Mo. App. 88; Abbott v. Railroad, 121 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit. Court. — Hon. E. E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence at the close of the evidence. Williams v. Railroad, 149 Mo. App. 489; Koenig v. Railroad, 173 Mo. 698; Klockenbrink v. Railroad, 172 Mo. 678; Moore v. Railroad, 194 Mo. 1; Eppstein v. Railroad, 197 Mo. 720; Murrell v. Railroad, 105 Mo. App. 88; Abbott v. Railroad, 121 Mo. App. 582;- Brody v. Railroad, 206 Mo. 509; Moore v. Railroad, 146 Mo. 582; 1 Bailey on Personal Injuries, sec. 1121. (2) The court erred in admitting…
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ROT, C.
Action for damages for personal injuries. Verdict for $20,000. There was a compulsory remittitur of $500, and a judgment for $15,000, from which tbe defendant bas appealed. Plaintiff’s age is not shown. He bas a wife but no children. He testified that he bad lived in Kansas City twenty-five or thirty years, and bad been in tbe service of tbe defendant about five years as a motorman. He stated that be was experienced in thát work. He was acting as a motorman on defendant’s car No. 123 at tbe time of the’alleged injury at about 9:40 p. m., June 11, 1909. His car was going east on tbe…
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