Sindlinger v. City of Kansas
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. — Hon. Richard Field, Judge. (1) It was error to admit evidence of plaintiff’s general conduct and habits as to sobriety. Collins v. Glass, 46 Mo. App. 297; Suttie v. Aloe, 39 Mo. App. 38. And the admission of such evidence constituted reversible error. Suttie v. Aloe, 39 Mo. App. 38; Clark v. Fairley, 30 Mo.
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Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. — Hon. Richard Field, Judge. (1) It was error to admit evidence of plaintiff’s general conduct and habits as to sobriety. Collins v. Glass, 46 Mo. App. 297; Suttie v. Aloe, 39 Mo. App. 38. And the admission of such evidence constituted reversible error. Suttie v. Aloe, 39 Mo. App. 38; Clark v. Fairley, 30 Mo. App. 340; Decry v. Cray, 5 Wall. 807; Smith v. Shoemaker, 17 Wall. 630; Railroad v. O’Brien, 119 U. S. 99; Gilmer v. Higley-, 110 U. S. 47; Thompson on Charging Jury, sec. 130. (2) The court erred in permitting witnesses to give their opinions as to…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
— This is ah action for damages for personal injuries occasioned by a fall from the end of the Wyoming street viaduct in Kansas City. Plaintiff sued the city and recovered judgment in the circuit court, for $6,800, and, if plaintiff is entitled to recover at all, the verdict is not excessive.
The accident occurred on the twentieth day of July, 1891. At the time in question there was a bridge, or viaduct, beginning at the corner of Twelfth *321and Wyoming streets and extending over the private property and railroad tracks of the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroad companies to St. Louis…
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