Anderson v. Kansas City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon, Willard P. Hall, Judge. (1) The court did not commit error in refusing to give plaintiff’s instruction lettered and numbered P-2. Guffey v. Hannibal Ry. Co., 53 Mo. App. 452, 469; Peck v. Transit Co., 178 Mo. 617; Hornstein v. United Rys. Co., 97 Mo. App. 271. (2) The demurrer to the evidence on behalf of both defendants should have been sustained.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon, Willard P. Hall, Judge. (1) The court did not commit error in refusing to give plaintiff’s instruction lettered and numbered P-2. Guffey v. Hannibal Ry. Co., 53 Mo. App. 452, 469; Peck v. Transit Co., 178 Mo. 617; Hornstein v. United Rys. Co., 97 Mo. App. 271. (2) The demurrer to the evidence on behalf of both defendants should have been sustained. Peck v. Transit Co., 178 Mo. 617. (1) Where the court does not assign a reason in its order granting new trial the appellate court will look to the grounds in the motion for new trial, including the one…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, P. J.
The plaintiff brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Jackson County against the defendants to recover $6500 damages for loss of services and the society of his wife caused by personal injuries inflicted upon her through the alleged- negligence of the defendants.
The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant, and upon a motion for a new trial being filed the court sustained the same, and from the order sustaining the motion the defendants duly appealed the cause to the Kansas Cityr Court of Appeals, which latter court in dire time delivered an opinion written by…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Och v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. HadleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
- Lemon v. ChanslorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
- Wolff v. CampbellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- Larson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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