McKeon v. Citizens' Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
¡Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court The following instructions were given on behalf of the plaintiff; (The remaining instructions which figure in the case appear in the opinion of the court.) 1st. If you find that *the defendant, at the time of the injury to the plaintiff, was a corporation and common carrier, and that plaintiff., was a passenger for hire in a car of defendant, and that defendant at the time of the injury had but one agent or servant on said car, and that…
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¡Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court The following instructions were given on behalf of the plaintiff; (The remaining instructions which figure in the case appear in the opinion of the court.) 1st. If you find that *the defendant, at the time of the injury to the plaintiff, was a corporation and common carrier, and that plaintiff., was a passenger for hire in a car of defendant, and that defendant at the time of the injury had but one agent or servant on said car, and that such servant was on the front platform driving the same, and that plaintiff came on to the front platform to have the car…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
This was an action for damages for an injury done to a passenger by reason of the carelessness and negligence of the driver of the car. The answer denied the material averments of the petition, and alleged that the plaintiff’s injuries were the result of his own negligence. It set up a defense also under the statute entitled “An act concerning street railroads in the city of St. Louis,” approved January 16, 1860. This act provided that “ said railroad companies shall not be liable for injuries occasioned by the getting off or on the cars at the front or forward end of the car.”
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Goetz v. AmbsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1858
- Higgins ex rel. Higgins v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1865
- Freidenheit v. EdmundsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1865
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