Becker v. Lincoln Real Estate & Building Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Ron. J. W. McElhinney, Judge. The court erred, in giving instruction 17 at the instance of plaintiff. Said instruction is as follows, to-wit: “For any impairment of health and strength and physical disability to labor and earn money by her separate labor which the jury may believe from evidence the plaintiff has sustained by reason of said injuries and directly caused thereby.” Kroner v. St. Louis Transit Co., 107 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Ron. J. W. McElhinney, Judge. The court erred, in giving instruction 17 at the instance of plaintiff. Said instruction is as follows, to-wit: “For any impairment of health and strength and physical disability to labor and earn money by her separate labor which the jury may believe from evidence the plaintiff has sustained by reason of said injuries and directly caused thereby.” Kroner v. St. Louis Transit Co., 107 Mo. App. 41, 80 S. W. 915; Pryor v. Railway, 84 Mo. App. 267; Slaughter v. Railway, 116 M'o. 2.69, 23 S. W. 760; Brake v. Kansas City,…
1Opinion of the Court
GOODE, J. —
This is a damage case for a serious personal injury sustained by plaintiff; she alleges in consequence of the negligent operation of an elevator in charge of defendant’s servant. The casualty happened in the city of St. Louis on April 10, 1900. Defendant OAvns a lofty building in St. Louis and several elevators ply between the different stories. Plaintiff entered an elevator just prior.to her injury in company with an attorney to whose office she was going on business. The attorney notified the operator to let them off at the fourth floor. When that floor was reached the elevator…
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