Merrill v. City of St. Louis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Horner, J.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
Eight distinct points are urged for reversing this judgment.
1. The first is, that the damages awarded by the jury are excessive. In order to consider this point it will be necessary to state briefly the nature of the action, and the evidence. It is a suit against the city of St. Louis and against the defendants for damages sustained by the female plaintiff in falling into a coal-hole in the sidewalk, opposite property the legal title to which was vested in James H. Duffer, as trustee to the sole and separate use and benefit of his wife, the defendant Lucinda M. Duffer. There was evidence…
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