Williams v. Kansas City Terminal Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Transferred from Kansas City Court of Appeals. (1) "Whether or not the abstract of the bill of exceptions filed in the Court of Appeals was sufficient, is no longer a question in the case because a new abstract has been filed in this court eliminating all possible deficiencies. (a) The majority opinion of the Court of Appeals deemed the abstract of the bill of exceptions insufficient because the judge’s signature was not printed at the end of the bill of exceptions.
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Transferred from Kansas City Court of Appeals. (1) "Whether or not the abstract of the bill of exceptions filed in the Court of Appeals was sufficient, is no longer a question in the case because a new abstract has been filed in this court eliminating all possible deficiencies. (a) The majority opinion of the Court of Appeals deemed the abstract of the bill of exceptions insufficient because the judge’s signature was not printed at the end of the bill of exceptions. As the case was certified here, it comes as if on appeal direct from the Circuit Court. Hayes v. Sheffield Ice Co., 221 S. W.…
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff sues to recover for injuries received from a fall on a stairway leading from the waiting room, in the Union Station at Kansas City, down to a platform from which passengers enter trains.
Plaintiff was at the time a passenger and was on her way to a train. Her action is based on the alleged negligence of defendants in permitting the stairway at the time toStatement. be in an unsafe and dangerous condition. The petition charges the negligence in the following language:
"By reason of the negligence and carelessness of said defendants, their agents and servants, in maintaining said steps…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Epstein v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- Bussiere's Admisnistrator v. SaymanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- Hayes v. Sheffield Ice Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1920
- Joyce v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
3Cited by26 opinions
- Block v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1926
- Stafford v. Fred Wolferman, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1957
- Dudley v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1948
- Cash v. Sonken-Calamba Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1929
- Corley v. Kroger Grocery & Baking Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1946
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