Dougherty v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to the St. Louis Circuit Court, Wickham, J. Stokes v. Saltonstall, 13 Pet. 181; Christie v. Griggs, 2 Camp. 79 ; Railroadv. Pollard, 22 Wall. 341; Cincinnati v. Smith, 22 Ohio St. 227 ; Lemon v. Chausler, 68 Mo. 340. A general allegation of negligence is not sufficient. — Lee v. Manufacturing Co., d Mo. App. 578. The act done or omitted constituting negligence, must be shown. — Schultz v. Railroad Co., 36 Mo. 321; Afolan v. Shickle, 3 Mo.
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Error to the St. Louis Circuit Court, Wickham, J. Stokes v. Saltonstall, 13 Pet. 181; Christie v. Griggs, 2 Camp. 79 ; Railroadv. Pollard, 22 Wall. 341; Cincinnati v. Smith, 22 Ohio St. 227 ; Lemon v. Chausler, 68 Mo. 340. A general allegation of negligence is not sufficient. — Lee v. Manufacturing Co., d Mo. App. 578. The act done or omitted constituting negligence, must be shown. — Schultz v. Railroad Co., 36 Mo. 321; Afolan v. Shickle, 3 Mo. App. 300 ; Ward v. Andrews, 3 Mo. App. 275 ; 36 Mo. 484 ; 65 Mo. 25 ; 29 N. Y. 315 — 326. ' Mere proof of an accident having happened to a train does…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This is an action against a common carrier of passengers for damages for an injury sustained by a passenger while in the carriage of the defendant. At the close of the plaintiff’s case, the court gave an instruction that, on the pleadings and evidence, the plaintiff is not entitled to recover. The plaintiff took a non-suit with leave, which the trial court refused to set aside.
The testimony is, that the plaintiff, after dark on an evening in April, entered a car of the defendant’s line. The car was moving west on the defendant’s railroad track between Fourth and Fifth Streets, on Olive…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Stokes v. SaltonstallSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Mullen v. . St. JohnNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Railroad Company v. PollardSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Indianapolis, Pittsburg, & Cleveland Railroad v. Keely's AdministratorIndiana Supreme Court · 1864
- Holbrook v. . the Utica and Schenectady Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1855
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