Hanlon v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Louis City Circuit Coiort. — Host. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) Plaintiff’s demurrer to, the whole evidence should have been sustained. Matti v. Railroad, 32 Am, & Eng. R. R. Oases, 73; Railroad v. Davis, 32 Am. & Eng.
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Appeal from, St. Louis City Circuit Coiort. — Host. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) Plaintiff’s demurrer to, the whole evidence should have been sustained. Matti v. Railroad, 32 Am, & Eng. R. R. Oases, 73; Railroad v. Davis, 32 Am. & Eng. R. R. Oases, 65; Henze v. Railroad, 71 Mo. 638; Qurley v. Railroad, 93 Mo. 450; Rafferty v. Railroad, 91 Mo. 37; Harty v. Railroad, 95 Mo. 368; Field v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 616; Braxton v. Railroad, 77 Mo. 458; Collins v. Railroad, 65 Mo. 230-32; Waldheir v. Railroad, 71 Mo. 514; Cooley on Torts, 679; Shear. & Red. on Neg., sec. 488. (2) The court committed error in…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
— This is a suit for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff under the following circumstances :
Plaintiff was in the employ of John O’Brien, who was a manufacturer of boilers and sheet-iron goods in St. Louis. On December 13, 1887, plaintiff, with Murphy and Dickson, two other employes of O ’ Brien, were *385sent with a smokestack about twenty feet long and three feet in diameter, from the factory on the corner of Main and Biddle streets to the depot of the Iron Mountain railroad*
The smokestack was loaded upon a wagon drawn by one mulé; Murphy drove, Dickson rode on the front end of the .wagon…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Karle v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs R. R.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Kellny v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Zimmerman v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Maher v. Atlantic & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Murray v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
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