Wood v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cass Circuit Court . — Hon. Wm. L. Jarrott, Judge. (1) Under the circumstances in this case, defendant, at time and place of accident, owed to plaintiff the duty of exercising ordinary care. Ray’s Neg. Imp.
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Appeal from Cass Circuit Court . — Hon. Wm. L. Jarrott, Judge. (1) Under the circumstances in this case, defendant, at time and place of accident, owed to plaintiff the duty of exercising ordinary care. Ray’s Neg. Imp. Duties (Passenger), sec. 33, p. 95; 4 Elliott on Railroad, sec. 1590, pp. 2477-8-9; Kelly v. Railroad, 112 N. Y„ 443; Laflin v. Railroad, 106 N. Y. 139; Cross v. Railroad, 69 Mich. 367; Buenemann v. Railroad, 32 Minn. 392;. Railroad v. Gross, 21 S. W. 186; Moore v. Railroad, 84 Mo. 487. The case, however, was tried in the court below upon the above theory of law, as will appear…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant.
The petition states that the defendant prior to and on tbe sixth day of October, 1897, was a common carrier of passengers for hire in Kansas City, Missouri, and from Kansas City to Independence, and as such owned, operated and controlled a system of cable street railways on various streets in Kansas City, one of its said lines extending along Fifteenth street in said city, and that it also owned and operated an electric railway from Kansas City to Independence; that said electric…
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