Westenhaver v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

This case comes to the writer on reassignment. Appellant, Westenhaver, obtained a verdict in the sum of $15,000, against the respondent railroad company, as damages for personal injuries sustained as the result of a collision of two railroad cars, in the city of Monett, Missouri. The trial court sustained a motion for new trial and appellant, plaintiff below, appealed. The order granting a new trial reads:

"Now comes on for hearing defendant's motion for a new trial heretofore filed herein. By consent said motion is taken up and upon being seen, heard and fully understood by the Court, the…