Pope v. Kansas City Cable Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from■ Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Sloveb, Judge.1 (1) Tbe petition does not state a cause of action, because it does not show in what the negligence consisted. Qurley v. Railroad 93 Mo. 455; Peltz v. Michele, 62 Mo. 171. (2) The demurrer to the testimony introduced by plaintiff should have been sustained.
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Appeal from■ Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Sloveb, Judge.1 (1) Tbe petition does not state a cause of action, because it does not show in what the negligence consisted. Qurley v. Railroad 93 Mo. 455; Peltz v. Michele, 62 Mo. 171. (2) The demurrer to the testimony introduced by plaintiff should have been sustained. Purl v. Railroad, 72 Mo. 168; Powell v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 80; Kelly v. Railroad, 88 Mo. 534; Lenix v. Railroad, 76Mo. 90; Yancey v. Railroad, 93 Mo. 433; Stepp v. Railroad, 85 Mo. 229; Railroad v. Kuehn, 8 S. W. Rep. 484; Eswin v. Railroad, 96 Mo. 290; Butts v. Railroad, 11 S.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
The plaintiff is the widow of Nelson M. Pope, who was killed in a collision between a wagon and team that he was driving and a train of cable cars, near the corner of Ninth street and Grand avenue, in the City of Kansas, on the first day of July, 1886. In this action she seeks to recover five thousand dollars’ damages for his death, alleging as a cause of action that defendant was operating said cars at the time of the accident, and that her husband, in the exercise of proper care and caution, was crossing its railway track, “when the defendant, by its agents and servants,. negligently,…
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