Norton v. St. Louis & Hannibal Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Pike Circuit Court. — Hon. Tiíos. H. Baoon, Judge. (1) Appellant’s application for examination of plaintiff by skilled and competent physician or surgeon was just and- reasonable and made at the proper time. Owen v. Railroad, 95 Mo. 171; Schroder v. Railroad, 47 la. 379 ;■ White v. Railroad, 61 Wis. 536; Sidekum v. Railroad, 93 Mo. 403; Shepherd ». Railroad, 85 Mo. 629 ; Hatfield v. Railroad, 33 Minn. 130; Railroad v. Thul, 29 Kas. 466; 1 Thomp.
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Appeal from the Pike Circuit Court. — Hon. Tiíos. H. Baoon, Judge. (1) Appellant’s application for examination of plaintiff by skilled and competent physician or surgeon was just and- reasonable and made at the proper time. Owen v. Railroad, 95 Mo. 171; Schroder v. Railroad, 47 la. 379 ;■ White v. Railroad, 61 Wis. 536; Sidekum v. Railroad, 93 Mo. 403; Shepherd ». Railroad, 85 Mo. 629 ; Hatfield v. Railroad, 33 Minn. 130; Railroad v. Thul, 29 Kas. 466; 1 Thomp. Trials, sec. 859, p. 653. (2) The remarks of counsel for plaintiff in his closing argument before the jury were grossly improper and…
1Opinion of the CourtRombatter, P. J.
The plaintiff, Fannie Norton, then Mrs. Dickerson, while traveling as a passenger in the caboose of the defendant’s freight train, on June 7, 1887, -.received injuries to her person' by the derailment and upsetting of the caboose. She thereupon instituted the present action, and on trial thereof recovered a verdict and judgment for six hundred and fifty dollars, to reverse which this appeal is prosecuted by the defendant.
Numerous errors are assigned by the defendant, but the following only are insisted upon in the brief filed *645by counsel, namely, that the court should have sustained the…
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- Owens v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Hipsley v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- Shepard v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- Sidekum v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- State v. ForsytheSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
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