MURPHY v. ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO.

No. 42253.

244 S.W.2d 31 (1951)

MURPHY v. ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

December 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coburn, Storckman & Croft, Clem F. Storckman and Winston Cook, all of St. Louis, for appellant.

Paul H. Koenig, William L. Mason, Jr., St. Louis, for respondent.


BOHLING, Commissioner.

The St. Louis Public Service Company, a corporation, appeals from a judgment for $15,000 (reduced by remittitur from $22,000 in favor of William Murphy for injuries sustained when one of defendant's streetcars collided with his automobile. Defendant challenges the correctness of two of plaintiff's instructions and contends the damages are excessive.

The sole charge in plaintiff's petition was that defendant was negligent under the humanitarian...

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