Beineke v. Terminal Railroad of St. Louis

WESTHUES, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Beineke obtained a judgment for $30,000 against the Terminal Railroad Asso*685ciation of St. Louis, Missouri, and William Cunningham for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as the result of the defendants’ negligence. Both defendants appealed to this court seeking a reversal of the judgement.

Plaintiff was injured while riding in a car driven by defendant Cunningham. The car crashed into a railing at the east end of Eads Bridge which spans the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge is a toll bridge…