Linn v. Massillon Bridge Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. Ve submit that the propositions of law governing this ■case are familiar. Citations of authorities to support them would be superfluous. Upon all controverted facts the jury has passed, and the verdict and judgment are right. We ask an affirmance of the judgment.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. Ve submit that the propositions of law governing this ■case are familiar. Citations of authorities to support them would be superfluous. Upon all controverted facts the jury has passed, and the verdict and judgment are right. We ask an affirmance of the judgment. The trial judge had in the course of the trial repeatedly referred to the defense made by the defendant as to the manner of lashing the leg at the top, and it undoubted that the jury could have only considered the written instruction number 1, given for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.
The petition alleges that plaintiff while in the employ of defendant and aiding in taking down a traveling derrick used in the construction of a bridge across Bay Greek, Illinois, was knocked from his perch on the top of a span of the bridge by a falling leg of the derrick, causing severe injuries;that theaccident was caused bythe negligence of defendant’s foreman who was directing plaintiff’s work at the time. The answer denies negligence; avers that the accident was a risk attached to the service, and that plaintiff was injured by his own carelessness, or that of his fellow *114servants. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Christian v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Goetz v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Carder v. PrimmMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895
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- Warrington v. BirdMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912
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