Baker v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. — Hon. D. A. DeAbmond, Judge. (1) Mrs. Baker was guilty of negligence contributing to, if not causing, her injuries, and, therefore, was not entitled to recover for them. Beach on Contributory Negligence, sec. 63; Patterson’s R’y Accident Law, p. 168, et seq_.; Boyd v. Railroad, 105 Mo. 371; Harlan v. Railroad, 64 Mo. 480; Turner v. Railroad, 74Mo. 607; Kelley v. Railroad, 75 Mo. 138; Tucker v. Railroad, 23 N. E. Rep.
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Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. — Hon. D. A. DeAbmond, Judge. (1) Mrs. Baker was guilty of negligence contributing to, if not causing, her injuries, and, therefore, was not entitled to recover for them. Beach on Contributory Negligence, sec. 63; Patterson’s R’y Accident Law, p. 168, et seq_.; Boyd v. Railroad, 105 Mo. 371; Harlan v. Railroad, 64 Mo. 480; Turner v. Railroad, 74Mo. 607; Kelley v. Railroad, 75 Mo. 138; Tucker v. Railroad, 23 N. E. Rep. (N. Y.) 916; Stepp v. Railroad, 85 Mo. 235; Shaw v. Railroad, 104 Mo. 648; Hunter v. Railroad, 23 N. E. Rep. (N. Y.) 9; ArUv. Railroad, 34 Iowa,…
1Opinion of the Court
*540DIVISION ONE.
Black, C. J.
This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff,' while she was attempting to pass over the defendant’s railroad tracks with a two horse team and farm wagon, at a point where the tracks cross a highway near the southern limits of the town of Rich Hill.
It is earnestly insisted that there is no evidence of negligence on the part of the defendant; that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence, and that the trial court should have ruled both of these questions for the defendant as a matter of law.
The record discloses the…
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- Artz v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1871
- Harlan v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Henze v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1880
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