Shields v. Keller

This is an action for $25,000 damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff's case was submitted solely upon the humanitarian doctrine. The jury found for defendant. Plaintiff has appealed from the judgment entered.

Plaintiff assigns error in instructions. Plaintiff was injured while attempting to cross Market Street in St. Louis, carrying a bowl of food covered with a white paper, about 8 P.M., February 8, 1939. He testified that he attempted to cross from the north to the south side of the street (taking shorter steps than ordinarily to keep from spilling the food) at a place, where there was a…