Levin v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Gass Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Wood, Judge. (1) The change of venue was improperly granted. Huthsing v. Mans, 36 Mo. 101; Lewin v. Dille, 17 Mo. 64; Jaffray v. Claflin Go., 119 Mo. 117; State ex rel. v. Bacon, 107 Mo. 627; State v. Taylor, 132 Mo. 282; Acts 1895, p. 93, sec. 2262. (2) The demurrer to plaintiff’s testimony should have been sustained. Maseheck v. Bailroad, 71 Mo. 276; Boland v. Bailroad, 36 Mo. 484; Johnson v. Bailroad, 28 Atl.
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Appeal from Gass Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Wood, Judge. (1) The change of venue was improperly granted. Huthsing v. Mans, 36 Mo. 101; Lewin v. Dille, 17 Mo. 64; Jaffray v. Claflin Go., 119 Mo. 117; State ex rel. v. Bacon, 107 Mo. 627; State v. Taylor, 132 Mo. 282; Acts 1895, p. 93, sec. 2262. (2) The demurrer to plaintiff’s testimony should have been sustained. Maseheck v. Bailroad, 71 Mo. 276; Boland v. Bailroad, 36 Mo. 484; Johnson v. Bailroad, 28 Atl. Rep. 1001; Ogier v. Bailroad, 34 N. Y. S. 867; Albert v. Bailroad, 39 N. Y. S. 430; Beach on Oon. Neg., sec. 131; Still-son v. Bailroad,…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action for damages commenced in the circuit court of Jackson county, Missouri, against the .Metropolitan Street Railway Company by plaintiffs for the death of their infant son, G-arrison Levin, by being run over by one of defendant’s cars, at or near Fifth and Central streets in Kansas City, Missouri. The accident happened on the fifteenth day of November, 1894.
At the January term, 1895, on application of plaintiffs a change of venue was granted to Cass county, where a trial was had on the twenty-fourth day of May, 1895, to the court and a jury, resulting in a verdict for…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Huhn v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Nagel v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1882
- O'Mellia v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Donohue v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- Frick v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1882
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- Cornovski v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Scott v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
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