Morris v. Grand Avenue Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John W. Henry, Judge. The court erred in giving instruction 6 at the plaintiff’s request, for that: First. It authorized a recovery for the bill of Dr. Griffith, which was unwarranted by the evidence. Duke v. Railroad, 99 Mo. 347; Smith v. Railroad, 108 Mo. 243, 251: Norton v. Railroad, 40 Mo. App. 642; Rhodes v. Nevada, 47 Mo. App. 499; Culbertson v. Railroad, 50 Mo. App. 556. Second.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John W. Henry, Judge. The court erred in giving instruction 6 at the plaintiff’s request, for that: First. It authorized a recovery for the bill of Dr. Griffith, which was unwarranted by the evidence. Duke v. Railroad, 99 Mo. 347; Smith v. Railroad, 108 Mo. 243, 251: Norton v. Railroad, 40 Mo. App. 642; Rhodes v. Nevada, 47 Mo. App. 499; Culbertson v. Railroad, 50 Mo. App. 556. Second. It allowed as future damages such pain and suffering as might be endured in the future. Haioes v. Stock Yards, 103 Mo. 60; Fry v. Railroad, 45 Iowa, 146; Bigelow v.…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in a personal injury suit against defendant, a cable street railway company. As the one question to be considered in this opinion relates to the giving of an instruction in behalf of plaintiff on the measure of his damages, no necessity arises for giving the evidence in detail further than to say that after plaintiff received his injuries he was taken to and treated at the Sisters Hospital at Kansas City; that one Dr. Bedford, who was not plaintiff’s physician, called Dr. Griffith to attend upon plaintiff, and that he did so throughout his…
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