Hutchinson v. St. Louis & Meramec River Railroad

Tbe general principle on which tbe case was referred to tbe jury, commonly styled tbe humane doctrine, is well supported by authorities. It is accepted in some form in most of tbe State and Federal jurisdictions. So far as this court is concerned, tbe rule is no 'longer debatable. All uncertainty about it being a substantive part of tbe law of torts has been set at rest by recent deliberate pronouncements of tbe Supreme Court. Tbe authority of tbe rule is not impugned by tbe learned counsel for tbe appellant, who only insist that it is inapplicable to tbe cause in band on account of tbe…