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Muth ex. of Reuter v. St. Louis & Meramec River Railroad

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 4, 1901PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. STATEMENT OE THE CASE. The petition is as follows : “Sylvester Reuter, plaintiff, v. St. Louis & Meramee River Railroad Company, defendant.

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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. STATEMENT OE THE CASE. The petition is as follows : “Sylvester Reuter, plaintiff, v. St. Louis & Meramee River Railroad Company, defendant. “Comes now the plaintiff in the above entitled cause and for cause of action says: ‘Defendant is a corporation duly existing under the laws of the State of Missouri, owning and operating a street railroad, and owning as incident to said business, street railway tracks and a number of cars which operate upon said tracks by electric force, over, upon and along divers streets in the city of…

1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.

The court, over objections of appellant, admitted evidence of the fact that the hospital where respondent was treated had tendered to him a bill of twenty-seven dollars, as due to it for its services, and that the physician’s bill of forty dollars for his services had been rendered, but that neither of them had been paid. The contention is that under the allegation that plaintiff “was compelled to expend large sums to hospital for care and nursing at a hospital and was compelled to expend and lay out large sums for medical attendance and medicines,” proof of a liability incurred but not…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Furnish v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  2. Harrison v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1881
  3. Barth v. Kansas City Elevated Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1898
  4. Schneider v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1882
  5. Clark v. Chicago & Alton RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Stotler ex rel. Stotler v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  2. Burnison v. SoundersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1931
  3. Arnold v. City of MaryvilleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
  4. Taylor v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  5. Hall v. St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1907

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