Riggs v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Hermann Brumback, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing defendant’s instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence requested at the close of plaintiff’s case and renewed at the conclusion of all the evidence.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Hermann Brumback, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing defendant’s instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence requested at the close of plaintiff’s case and renewed at the conclusion of all the evidence. Zimmerman v. Railroad, 71 Mo. 477; Sweeny v. Railroad, 101 Allen 372; Carr v. Railroad, 195 Mo. 225; Feeback v. Railroad, 167 Mo. 215; Eppstein v. Railroad, 197 Mo. 733; Williams v. Railroad, 96 Mo. 282; Barker v. Railroad, 98 Mo. 53; Riñe v. Railroad, 88 Mo. 399; Carrier v. Railroad, 175 Mo. 470; Frye v. Railroad, 200 Mo. 405; Slate ex…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, P. J.
Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Jackson Circuit Court for $6,000 damages in favor of plaintiff for personal injuries, whereby his left leg and foot were so mashed and mangled that amputation between the knee and ankle followed as a sequence.
The petition counts on the negligence of defendant’s servants in running one of its cars in Kansas City, in that (to quote) “said servants in charge of said car saw plaintiff upon said track and his perilous position upon said track, or by the exercise of ordi*310nary care and caution could have seen plaintiff on said track, and in his perilous…
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