Legal Opinion

Gray v. Kurn

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 6, 1940PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff. Suit was brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A., secs. 51-59) and a judgment for $10,000 recovered. Motion for a new trial was filed and overruled, and defendants appealed.

[1] Appellants assign error on the action of the trial court "in refusing to give defendants' requested instruction, in the nature of a demurrer, at the close of all the evidence in the case." The particular grounds are (1) that respondent, when injured, was not engaged in interstate transportation and, therefore, has no…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. North Carolina Railroad v. ZacharySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. Elkin v. St. Louis Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1934
  4. Harrison v. Kansas City Electric Light Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  5. Young v. WheelockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Guthrie v. City of St. CharlesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
  2. Dickerson v. St. Louis Public Service CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  3. Price v. SeidlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
  4. Floyd v. St. Louis Public Service CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
  5. Smith v. SiercksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955

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