Laughlin v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. — Eon. G. A. Calvird, Judge. (1) The court erred in not directing a verdict for defendant. Grant v. Railway i Co., 190 S. W. 586; Mc-Grath v. Transit Co., 197 Mo. 314; Coin v. Lounge Co., 222 Mo. 448; Coin v. Railway, 251 Mo. 13; Allen v. Railway, 189 Mo. App. 272; Hartman v. Railway, 261 Mo. 282; Trigg v. Land Co., 187 Mo. 227. (2) The verdict is excessive and unfair. (3) The court erred in admitting medical testimony offered by plaintiff.
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Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. — Eon. G. A. Calvird, Judge. (1) The court erred in not directing a verdict for defendant. Grant v. Railway i Co., 190 S. W. 586; Mc-Grath v. Transit Co., 197 Mo. 314; Coin v. Lounge Co., 222 Mo. 448; Coin v. Railway, 251 Mo. 13; Allen v. Railway, 189 Mo. App. 272; Hartman v. Railway, 261 Mo. 282; Trigg v. Land Co., 187 Mo. 227. (2) The verdict is excessive and unfair. (3) The court erred in admitting medical testimony offered by plaintiff. Glasgow v. Railway, 191 Mo. 347 (Syl. 6); Taylor v. Railway, 185 Mo. 239 (Syl. 2) and page 256; McAnany v. ITenrici, 141…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
This is an action for personal injuries. Upon a trial, a judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, from which this appeal has been perfected. The action was brought under the Federal statute in the circuit court of Bates County in February, 1914. The plaintiff was, at the time of' the alleged injury, a head brakeman on one of defendant’s interstate trains. At about three o’clock a. m., October 6, 1913, the train upon which he was employed stopped to take water at a tank north of Stotesbury, a station on the defendant’s line in this State. Plaintiff, in the discharge of his duties, got off of…
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