Ostertag v. Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. Norton vs. Ittner, 56 Mo. 351; Turner vs. Loler, 34 Mo. 461; Kinman vs. Cannefax, 34 Mo. 147; Meyer vs. Pac. R. R., 40 Mo. 151 ; First Nat. Bank of Warsaw vs. Currie, 44 Mo. 91; S. C., 45 Mo. 157; Wyatt vs. Citizen’s R. R. Co., 55 Mo. 490 ; R. R. Co. vs. Stout, 17 Wall. 657 ; Conroy vs. Yulcan Iron Works, 62 Mo. 35.) Devitt vs. Pac.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. Norton vs. Ittner, 56 Mo. 351; Turner vs. Loler, 34 Mo. 461; Kinman vs. Cannefax, 34 Mo. 147; Meyer vs. Pac. R. R., 40 Mo. 151 ; First Nat. Bank of Warsaw vs. Currie, 44 Mo. 91; S. C., 45 Mo. 157; Wyatt vs. Citizen’s R. R. Co., 55 Mo. 490 ; R. R. Co. vs. Stout, 17 Wall. 657 ; Conroy vs. Yulcan Iron Works, 62 Mo. 35.) Devitt vs. Pac. R. R., 50 Mo. 302; Barton vs. I. M. R. R., 52 Mo. 258 ; Evans vs. A. & P. R. R. Co., 62 Mo. 59 ; Smith vs. UnionR. R., 61 Mo. 591; Owens vs. Han. & St. Joe. R. R. Co., 58 Mo. 393; Stoneman vs. A. & P. R. R., 58 Mo. 503 ; Karle…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
This was an action to recover the damages under the statute for the death of plaintiff’s son, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of defendant’s employees.
The facts, as developed on the trial, appeared to be substantially these. The son of plaintiff, about eleven years old, was, like other boys of his age, in the habit of gathering the remains of wheat found in or under the cars at the railroad depot, and about the wagons employed in hauling the wheat, and, upon the occasion of his death, took his seat upon the tressle work on which the loaded and empty cars were propelled,…
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- Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Wyatt v. Citizens Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1874
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- Eckhard v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- Lynch v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- Berry v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- McCarthy v. Cass Avenue & Fair Ground Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Powers v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
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