Stevens v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
HOUSER, Commissioner.
This is a suit against Missouri Pacific Railroad Company for damages for personal injuries sustained by Charles L. Stevens when an explosion occurred in a fire on the property of the railroad. From a judgment for $27,000 entered upon a jury verdict in that sum the railroad has appealed.
The petition alleged that while plaintiff was on defendant’s premises in Sylamore, Arkansas, with the actual knowledge of defendant, and while defendant’s work crew was burning various materials and objects in a fire within a few feet of where plaintiff was standing (the fire, materials and…
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2Cases cited43 opinions
- Stith v. St. Louis Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1952
- Catlett v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
- Conduitt v. Trentonton Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1930
- Joice v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1945
- Higgins v. Terminal RR Ass'n of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1951
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