St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Loftus

Opinion by

THREADGILL, C.

The appeal is from the judgment of the district court of Pawnee county. The action was for damages resulting in a miscarriage in defendant’s failing to furnish her with a step box in entering and leaving its train. The facts were substantially as follows:

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was a railroad corporation, under the law of Missouri, and operating through Pawnee county. Defendant in error, hereinafter called plaintiff, was a negro woman about 24 years of age, married and mother of three children of the ages of 9, 6, and 3 years. On or about…