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Bolles v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 11, 1909PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. — Son. Charles A. Denton, Judge. (!) Defendant’s instruction number 5 sboiild have been given. Bagiev v. Harmon, 91 Mo.

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Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. — Son. Charles A. Denton, Judge. (!) Defendant’s instruction number 5 sboiild have been given. Bagiev v. Harmon, 91 Mo. App. 22; Swink v. Anthony, 96 Mo. 420; Dikeman v. Arnold, 71 Mich. 656, 40 N. W. 42; Fiore v. Ladd, 25 Ore. 423, 36 Pac. 372; Wildey v. Crane, 69 Mich. 17, 36 N. W. 734; Miller v. Miller, 97 Mich. 151, 56 N. W. 348; Scarborough v. Blackman, 108 Ala. 656, 18 So. 735. (2) By refusing defendant’s instructions numbers 1, 2 and 5 the court ignored defendant’s evidence and theory of the case altogether and submitted the same to the jury wholly on…

1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.

This action is for the recovery of actual and puuitive damages on account of the alleged wrongful ejection of plaintiff from one of defendant’s passenger trains. Verdict and judgment were for plaintiff in the sum of five hundred dollars compensatory and one thousand dollars punitive damages, and the cause is here on the appeal of defendant.

Plaintiff, a painter by trade, and a citizen of La-throp, Missouri, had spent the winter of 1904-05 hunting in the vicinity of Lake Charles, Louisiana. He and his companion, the witness Puller, had captured two alligators and two logger-head turtles and had…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Dailey v. HoustonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
  2. Beck v. DowellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
  3. Boling v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
  4. Glover v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1908
  5. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Daigrepont v. Teche Greyhound Lines Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  2. Bolles v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1912
  3. Cathey v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
  4. Delcour v. WilsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1952
  5. Cook v. LuskMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914

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