York v. City of Everton
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Dade Circuit Court. — Son. L. W. Shafer, J udge. (1) Loss of business is not a proper element of damage in a suit for personal injuries. Such fact is not admissible in evidence for any purpose, much less a. basis for awarding damages in such. case. Prior v. Railroad, 85 M'o.
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Appeal from Dade Circuit Court. — Son. L. W. Shafer, J udge. (1) Loss of business is not a proper element of damage in a suit for personal injuries. Such fact is not admissible in evidence for any purpose, much less a. basis for awarding damages in such. case. Prior v. Railroad, 85 M'o. App. 371; Brink v. Railroad, 160 Mo. 87; Real Estate Co. v. McDonald, 140 Mo. 605; Wilson v. Weil, 67 Mo, 399; Turner v. Gibbs, 50 Mo. 556. (2) One of the recognized modes of impeaching-a witness is to show bad reputation for morality, such as bad reputation for virtue and chastity in a woman. Sitton v. Grand…
1Opinion of the CourtBroad Dus, P. J.
The plaintiff’s suit is for damages claimed to have been caused by a fall she received on a defective sidewalk of the defendant city, on the 27th day of October, 1904. She alleges that defendant’s sidewalk on the east side of Main street was defective, in that the stringers and boards out of which the sidewalk was constructed were old, rotten and decayed, and the boards that made the covering were unnailed and lia*643ble to become misplaced, and were uneven and of different thicknesses; that she, while walking along at the usual and ordinary gait, by the reason of the dangerous and defective…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. SibleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Pryor v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1900
- Plummer v. City of MilanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1897
- Woodworth v. WoodworthSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
- Sitton v. Grand Lodge A. O. U. W.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1900
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- Torreyson v. United Railways Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Bollinger v. American Asphalt Roof Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1929
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- Merchants Bldg. Corp. v. AdlerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
- York v. City of EvertonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1909
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