Gladden v. Missouri Public Service Company

HYDE, Judge.

Action for $200,000 damages for personal injuries. Verdict and judgment for defendant and plaintiff has appealed. Plaintiff alleges error in Instructions 6, 7 and 8. Defendant contends that these instructions were proper and that plaintiff was not entitled to judgment in any event because no negligence of defendant was shown and because plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

Plaintiff was injured when he climbed a tree on a public highway (to catch a tame parakeet that got out of its .cage) and fell after his hand touched one of defendant’s electric…