Patrum v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Christian Circuit Court. — Hon. John T. Moore, Judge. • (1) The defendant insists that neither in pleading, nor in proof can the plaintiffs recover, hence the court committed error in submitting the cause to the jury. Harrington v. Railroad, 104 Mo. App. 671; Shields v. Railroad, 100 Mo. App. 517; Williams v. Railroad, 119 Mo. 316; Hager v. Railroad, 207 Mo. 302; McIntosh v. Railroad, 58' Mo.
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Appeal from Christian Circuit Court. — Hon. John T. Moore, Judge. • (1) The defendant insists that neither in pleading, nor in proof can the plaintiffs recover, hence the court committed error in submitting the cause to the jury. Harrington v. Railroad, 104 Mo. App. 671; Shields v. Railroad, 100 Mo. App. 517; Williams v. Railroad, 119 Mo. 316; Hager v. Railroad, 207 Mo. 302; McIntosh v. Railroad, 58' Mo. App. 285; Jackson v. Railroad, 104 Mo. 448; Bradley v. Railroad, 138 Mo. 302; Saxton v. Railroad, 98 Mo. App. 494; Ryan v. McCully, 123. Mo. 636; Yamal v. Railroad, 75 Mo. 575; Keown v.…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
Plaintiffs, as the minor children of Henry A. Patrum, a brakeman on a freight train, employed and killed by defendant while in the line of duty, sue for his death.
Deceased, a widower, 43 years old, long in service as a railroad man and experienced in the work and duties of a brakeman, was killed at Mansfield, Missouri, on the tenth day of August, 1906. Plaintiffs had a verdict for $5000 damages, but thereof entered *114a remittitur for $500* and had judgment for $4500, from which the defendant in the usual way appealed to the St. Louis Court of "Appeals. Territorial jurisdiction being shifted by…
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