Legal Opinion
Pitha v. St. Louis Public Service Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided December 13, 1954No. 43636PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DALTON, Presiding Judge.
Action for $10,000 damages for personal' injuries alleged to have been sustained on account of defendant’s negligence. Verdict and judgment were for defendant, but the trial court set the same aside and ordered a new trial on account of errors assigned in Sections 7, 8, 12, and 20 of plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. Defendant has appealed and contends that the court erred in granting the new trial.
About 8 p. m., January 2, 1952, plaintiff was driving a 1948 Chevrolet sedan eastwardly on Gravois Avenue in the City of St. Louis. A fine mist and rain was falling, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gray v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1953
- Schroeder v. RawlingsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- Ritz v. Cousins Lumber Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1933
- Quinn v. Van RaalteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
3Cited by11 opinions
- Eickmann v. St. Louis Public Service CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Northeast Building Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- Brassfield v. SearsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- Donnelly v. GoforthSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- Howe v. St. Louis Union Trust CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
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