Ashby v. Illinois Terminal Railroad

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of being struck by one of defendant’s cars near the station of defendant on its elevated track at North Market Street and Broadway in the City of St. Louis on the twenty-first day of January, 1937. Upon trial to a jury plaintiff obtained a verdict in the sum of $7500. Judgment was rendered in accordance with the verdict, and defendant appeals to this court.

The defendant maintains parallel tracks on North Market Street elevated above the street; the north track being used for westbound cars and the south…