Oesch v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

Plaintiff obtained judgment against defendant in her action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by being struck, pushed, and knocked down while in the act of entering one of defendant’s street ears, by a crowd of people who, like she, were attempting to board one of defendant’s ears from a station platform of the defendant company. Defendant appeals.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges, and the testimony adduced on her behalf tends to prove, that the defendant owned and maintained upon its property adjacent to the northbound tracks of its Kirkwood-Ferguson car line,…