Morrissey v. Wiggins Ferry Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. On the trial the following among other instructions were given to the jury for defendant: 1. The jury are instructed that they are to consider whether or not there was any negligence on the part of deceased, or a want of care and common prudence ordinarily exercised on such occasions and in like circumstances.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. On the trial the following among other instructions were given to the jury for defendant: 1. The jury are instructed that they are to consider whether or not there was any negligence on the part of deceased, or a want of care and common prudence ordinarily exercised on such occasions and in like circumstances. And if they believe from the evidence that there was such negligence or want of care and prudence on her part which produced or contributed to produce the accident and death of said deceased (if they believe she was drowned), then they will find for…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
This action was brought under the second section of chapter 147 of the General Statutes, and damages claimed to .the amount of ¡$5,000, by the plaintiff, as the only surviving parent of Annie Morrissey, who, it is alleged, was a minor and unmarried, and was drowned while crossing the Mississippi river on one of defendant’s ferry-boats, in consequence of the negligence, unskillfulness, or criminal intent of defendant’s agents and employees in'managing said boat.
On the trial in the court below, under certain instructions, the jury found a verdict for the defendant. There was much evidence…
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- Boland v. Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1865
- Kennedy v. North Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1865
- Huelsenkamp v. Citizens' Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1866
- Liddy v. St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
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- Klockenbrink v. St. Louis & Meramec River RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1899
- Czezewzka v. Benton-Bellefontaine Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894
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