Pinter v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad

The defendant railroad appeals from a judgment against it for $40,000, recovered by the plaintiff-respondent in the circuit court of the City of St. Louis, for personal injuries sustained while repairing one of appellant’s railroad bridges near Philadelphia, Mississippi. His petition prayed judgment for $100,000 damages. The jury’s verdict was for $45,000. The trial court enforced a remittitur of $5,000. The defendant-appellant’s brief here concedes its negligence, but complains of fifteen alleged errors during the trial. Its Points and Authorities narrow these down to three: (1) erroneous…