Torreyson v. United Railways Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Matt G. Reynolds, Judge. Statement. — The appeal in this case was prosecuted to this court, but was thereafter transferred by it to the Springfield Court of Appeals under the provisions of an act of the Legislature, approved June 12, 1909. [See Laws of Missouri 1909, p. 396; see, also, Sec. 3939, R. S. 1909.] In due time the cause was disposed of by the Springfield Court of Appeals through an opinion prepared by Judge Cox of…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Matt G. Reynolds, Judge. Statement. — The appeal in this case was prosecuted to this court, but was thereafter transferred by it to the Springfield Court of Appeals under the provisions of an act of the Legislature, approved June 12, 1909. [See Laws of Missouri 1909, p. 396; see, also, Sec. 3939, R. S. 1909.] In due time the cause was disposed of by the Springfield Court of Appeals through an opinion prepared by Judge Cox of that court, as will appear by reference to Torreyson v. United Rys. Co. of St. Louis, 144 Mo. App. 626, 129 S. W. 409.…
1Opinion of the CourtCaulfield, J.
(after stating the facts). — I. The court committed no error in permitting one physician to testify that in his opinion plaintiff suffered from what he would call “a traumatic neuritis” and in permitting another physician to state that in his opinion “she is suffering from a nervous condition due to an injury — bodily injury, which is usually classed as traumatic neurosis.” These were nothing' more than statements as to the nature and character of plaintiff’s ailment, without suggesting the particular cause, and therefore were competent. See Jerome v. United Railways Co., 155 Mo. App. 202,…
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- State v. RuckSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Gayle v. Missouri Car & Foundry Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- State v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- Cobb v. Lindell Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1899
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