Bigelow v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J: H. Sloveb, Judge. (1) The action of the court in admitting the testimony, as to plaintiff’s sewing and keeping a hairdresser, was erroneous. The fact was immaterial and not relevant to the issues, and could only tend to inflame the minds of the jurors.
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Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J: H. Sloveb, Judge. (1) The action of the court in admitting the testimony, as to plaintiff’s sewing and keeping a hairdresser, was erroneous. The fact was immaterial and not relevant to the issues, and could only tend to inflame the minds of the jurors. (2) We sought by instruction 11 to have the idea expressed that the presumption of a performance of a duty attended the acts of an individual the same as if the acts had been that of a public official. Lenox v. Harrison, 88 Mo. 491, 496. Appellant submits that it ought to have had the benefit of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
Mrs. Bigelow, the plaintiff, brought this action against the defendant street railway company, to recover damages for personal injuries resulting to her while in the act of alighting from defendant’s car at Twelfth and Broadway, Kansas City. The injury complained of seems to have been a serious fracture of the arm near the wrist. From the plaintiff ’ s statement of the occurrence it would appear that she was a passenger on the defendant’s Twelfth street line, going west, and when approaching Broadway she requested conductor and gripman to stop and permit her to get off. The train was stopped,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Curtis v. . Rochester and Syracuse Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- White v. Milwaukee City Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Lenox v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- Hinds v. City of MarshallMissouri Court of Appeals · 1886
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Stumpf v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Hays v. HoganSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
- Ballard v. Kansas CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Wilbur v. Southwest Missouri Electric Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Schwend v. St. Louis Transit Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1904
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