Shinn v. United Railways Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Now. Virgil Bule, Judge. Respondents’ instruction on the measure of damages was correct, both in form and substance. If the appellant thought the instruction was too general and left the jury too much latitude, it should have asked more specific instructions. Having failed to do so, it cannot now complain. Browning v. Railroad 124 Mo. 71; G-eismann v. Mo. Edison Elec.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Now. Virgil Bule, Judge. Respondents’ instruction on the measure of damages was correct, both in form and substance. If the appellant thought the instruction was too general and left the jury too much latitude, it should have asked more specific instructions. Having failed to do so, it cannot now complain. Browning v. Railroad 124 Mo. 71; G-eismann v. Mo. Edison Elec. Co., 173 Mo. 679; Wheeler v. Bowles, 163 Mo. 398; Waddell v. Railroad, 213 Mo. 18; Norris v. Railroad, 239 Mo. 717; Robertson v. Railroad, 152 Mo. 393; Wahl v. Transit Co., 203 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, J.
Charging that while he was boarding defendant’s stationary street par to become a passenger, at a usual place for receiving passengers, the car *175was negligently started with a jerk before he could reach a place of safety, that by said negligent jerk and start he was violently thrown to the street, sustaining severe injuries in his arms, that his hat and clothes (worth $40) were ruined, that from said injuries he suffered pain of body and mind, was disabled from his vocation for two months, losing $156 in wages, incurred medical expenses of $30 and was damaged $500 in the aggregate, plaintiff…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cassidy v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Smoot v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Sherwood v. Grand Avenue Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- Shinn v. United Railways Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1910
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- Jablonowski v. Modern Cap Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1925
- Kleinlein v. FoskinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1929
- Missouri, O. & G. Ry. Co. v. CollinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Lyons v. St. Joseph Belt Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1937
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