Hodges v. Hill
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Lawrence Circnit Court. — Hon. Carr McNatt, Judge. (1) Evidence of other accidents or injuries, from the same or similar cause or of other similar acts of negligence on the part of defendant is not admissible to show negligence in a particular case. Goble v. Kansas City, 148 Mo. 475; 291 Cyc. 611; Railroad v. Borders, 61 111. App. 55; Railroad v. Hodge, 55 111. App. 166; Calcaterra v. Iovaldi, 123 Mo.
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Appeal from Lawrence Circnit Court. — Hon. Carr McNatt, Judge. (1) Evidence of other accidents or injuries, from the same or similar cause or of other similar acts of negligence on the part of defendant is not admissible to show negligence in a particular case. Goble v. Kansas City, 148 Mo. 475; 291 Cyc. 611; Railroad v. Borders, 61 111. App. 55; Railroad v. Hodge, 55 111. App. 166; Calcaterra v. Iovaldi, 123 Mo. App. 350; Coale v. Railroad, 60 Mo. 232; Connor v. Railroad, 181 Mo. 418; Perry v. Port, 17 Mo. App. 218; Edwards v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co., 92 Mo. App. 91, 92;'Smart v. Kansas…
1Opinion of the CourtSturgis, J.
This lawsuit grows out of the fact that plaintiff lost a valuable mare by reason of a collision between such animal while being ridden by his son and a one-horse buggy being driven by defendant on the public road leading north from Stotts City, in Lawrence county, Missouri. This road is one of the “special roads” of the county, being sixty feet wide, in splendid condition and much used and traveled by the public. It was on this highway that plaintiff’s mare was injured on the night of March 4, 1913. The night was a very dark one and the defendant, who had been out on his farm, was returning…
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