Linder v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. — Eon. D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) The demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence should have been sustained.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. — Eon. D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) The demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence should have been sustained. Plaintiff admits that, having seen the car approaching less than a block away, he got into the buggy, after putting some books into it that he had purchased, and, taking the lines, leisurely drove in a northwesterly direction to and across the east-bound track.and upon the track where he was struck, without again looking toward the car that he knew was but a short distance from him. Such negligence on his part should preclude a'recovery. Boyd v. Railroad, 105…
1Opinion of the CourtReyburn, J.
— This action for personal injuries was begun before a justice of the peace of the city of St. Louis, tried anew in the circuit court, and from judgment for plaintiff defendant has appealed.
*578About five o’clock in tbe afternoon of October 1, 1900, plaintiff, a physician, residing in East St. Louis, was in a bookstore on the south side of Pine street between Seventh' and Eighth streets; an alley extends southwardly from Pine street between the streets named, and the store in question was a door or two west of the alley. Plaintiff emerged from the bookstore, deposited the books he had purchased…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Oates v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1902
- Schafstette v. St. Louis & Meramec River RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
3Cited by3 opinions
- Bruening v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Freymark v. St. Louis Transit Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Hamm v. United Railways Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914