Warren v. Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Greene County Circuit Court. — Ron. Arch A. Johnson, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtSturgis, J.
It is practically agreed that plaintiff was injured by an electric shock in attemting to use *551one of defendant’s telephones; and so a jury found. The defendant appeals from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor.
The plaintiff’s petition, which is assailed as being insufficient, alleges that defendant owned, controlled and operated a telephone system in Springfield, Missouri; that same was operated by the use of wires, receivers, transmitters and electricity; that plaintiff was in the employ of one White, for whose use in his butcher shop defendant had installed one of its telephones; that it was the…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Price v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- Alabama City G. & A. Ry. Co. v. AppletonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Griffith v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1900
- Kelly v. City of HigginsvilleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. DunmanTexas Commission of Appeals · 1930
- Sutcliffe v. Fort Dodge Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1934
- Coaster Amusement Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1940
- McDowell v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. NobletteCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1938
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