Garrett v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Daniel G. Taylor, Judge. (1) That part of the deposition of H. B. Crady which shows what efforts defendant made to secure his testimony and what inducements or threats were made was an admission upon the part of defendant and should have been admitted.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Daniel G. Taylor, Judge. (1) That part of the deposition of H. B. Crady which shows what efforts defendant made to secure his testimony and what inducements or threats were made was an admission upon the part of defendant and should have been admitted. Snell v. Bray, 56 Wis. 156; Cruikshank v. Gordon, 48 Hun 308. (2) The questions asked H. B. Orady in regard to Ms testimony before the coroner’s inquest and the answers thereto contradict the testimony that he had given in his deposition, showed that he had made outside of court statements…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODSON, J. —
The plaintiff filed this suit in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis on April 8, 1904, against the defendant, for the recovery of $5,000 damages for the alleged wrongful killing of her husband, John Garrett, on the 28th day of March, 1904, by one •of defendant’s conductors, in charge of a car on the *69Olive Street line, while attempting to eject Garrett for the alleged failure to pay his fare.
The petition was in three counts, and a trial was had thereon before the court and a jury, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendant; and the court refusing a new trial,…
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