Legal Opinion

Sommers v. St. Louis Transit Co.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided November 15, 1904PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. D. D. Fisher, Judge. The court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to require plaintiff to make his petition more definite and certain, and in not requiring the petition to be made definite and certain.

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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. D. D. Fisher, Judge. The court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to require plaintiff to make his petition more definite and certain, and in not requiring the petition to be made definite and certain. Snyder v. Free, 114 Mo. 360, 21 S, W. 847; Young v. Schofield, 132 Mo. 650, 34 S. W. 497; Boles v. Bennington, 136 Mo. 529, 38 S. W. 306; Sidway v. Land Co., 163 Mo. 342, 63 S. W. 705; Allen v. Transit Co., 81 S. W. 1142; Clark v. Dillon, 97 N. Y. 370; R. S. 1899', secs. 592, 612.

1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.

— Respondent’s person and property were injured by a collision with one of appellant’s electric cars in St. Louis. This case is founded on that accident. According to the testimony of the respondent himself, he drove down the west side of Broadway until he came to its intersection with Wash street, where the route he intended to pursue turned abruptly to the east on Wash street. Parallel tracks ran along Broadway and the appellant stopped to the west of them, lie said, until three cars passed, two going south on the west track and one north on the east track. • When these cars had gone by and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Waldhier v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
  2. Allen v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1904
  3. Young v. SchofieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  4. Sauter v. LeveridgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  5. Sidway v. Missouri Land & Live Stock Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Yates v. ManchesterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
  2. Annin v. JacksonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
  3. Miller v. United Railways Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1911
  4. Hales v. RainesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
  5. Navajo County Bank v. DolsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912

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