Kaiser v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — No». War- ■ tuick Rough, Judge. The wife and daughter, residing with plaintiff and part of his household and family, may have nursed plaintiff, but “such nursing involves no legal liability on his part, and therefore affords no basis for a claim against defendant as for expenses paid.” Yoorhies on Damages, p. 29, sec. 18. Goodhart v. Bailroad, 177 Pa.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — No». War- ■ tuick Rough, Judge. The wife and daughter, residing with plaintiff and part of his household and family, may have nursed plaintiff, but “such nursing involves no legal liability on his part, and therefore affords no basis for a claim against defendant as for expenses paid.” Yoorhies on Damages, p. 29, sec. 18. Goodhart v. Bailroad, 177 Pa. St. 191, 35 Atl. 192; Buelterman v. Meyer, 132 Mo-. 474, 34 S. W. 67; Batcliff v. Lumpee, 82 Mo. App. 335; Wood v. Flanery, 89 Mo. App. 632; Doan v. Dale, 90 Mo. App. 87.
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
— This plaintiff got a verdict for injuries received in boarding one of the defendant’s street cars by the premature starting of the car before he had obtained a secure footing in it. The physician who attended him testified as to the condition the plaintiff was in when last examined and that he was suffering then from a concussion of the spinal cord and- brain. He was asked if it was a permanent injury and said he could not answer that question because he had not examined the patient lately. The physician stated the visible symptoms resulting from the injury to the spinal *710cord, chief of…
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