Bensiek v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Eon. J. W. McElhinney, Judge. The demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained. McG-auley v.' Transit Co./ 179 Mo. 583; Reno v. Railway, 180 Mo. 469; Roenfeldt v. Railway, 180 Mo. 534; Theobald v. Transit Co., 191 Mo. 395; Zurfluh v. Railway, 46 Mo. App. 636; Cogan v. Railway, 101 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Eon. J. W. McElhinney, Judge. The demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained. McG-auley v.' Transit Co./ 179 Mo. 583; Reno v. Railway, 180 Mo. 469; Roenfeldt v. Railway, 180 Mo. 534; Theobald v. Transit Co., 191 Mo. 395; Zurfluh v. Railway, 46 Mo. App. 636; Cogan v. Railway, 101 Mo. App. 179. The first is, there was no evidence to show any connection of the United Railways Company with the railway line or car in question. R. S. 1899, sec. 1187; Eyre v. Jourdan, 111 Mo. 428; 1 Beach on Private Corporations, sec. 367; 3 Thompson on…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
The suit is for damages to plaintiff’s team, a wagon and harness, occasioned by the street car having collided therewith. The petition is in proper form. Its allegations support and the evidence tended to prove the following facts. Plaintiff, who is the proprietor of a livery stable in the city of St. Louis, owned the team, wagon and harness mentioned, and the same were in charge of her driver, on the night in question. He was seated in the front end of the wagon, driving the team north on south Broadway, toward the city, immediately outside the city limits in St. Louis county, when a street…
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- Klockenbrink v. St. Louis & Meramec River RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Klockenbrink v. St. Louis & Meramec River RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1899
- Moorshead v. United Railways Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Moorshead v. United Railways Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1906
- Welsh v. Jackson County Horse RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
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