Smissman v. Wells

Action by plaintiff, respondent here, to recover for personal injuries and damages caused by coming in contact with a broken trolley wire owned by the defendant company. The trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for eighteen hundred dollars, and defendant appealed.

The charging part of the petition is as follows:

"That on the 16th day of June, 1919, whilst plaintiff was driving his horse and riding in his buggy on the street or near the street car tracks, in charge of and operated by the defendant, on Carr street, a public street and thoroughfare, in said city of St. Louis, at or near…