Canepa v. Mississippi River & Bonne Terre Railway Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $5,000 in favor of plaintiff for damages alleged to have been sustained by him in consequence of injuries received through the alleged! negligence of defendant railway company. The suit was instituted in Jefferson county, but was • removed by change of venue to the circuit court of Ste. Genevieve county, where it was tried.

The plaintiff was injured while attempting to cross the defendant’s railroad track in a two-horse wagon in which he and Henry A. Sanguinette were riding. The wagon collided with defendant’s fast-moving train- as results of which…