JENKINS v. TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS

No. 29014.

285 S.W.2d 12 (1955)

Frank JENKINS (Plaintiff), Appellant, v. TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS, a Corporation (Defendant), Respondent.

St. Louis Court of Appeals. Missouri.

December 20, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Feigenbaum and Ellsworth W. Ginsberg, St. Louis, for appellant.

Warner Fuller and Arnot L. Sheppard, St. Louis, for respondent.


MATTHES, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff-appellant from the order of the trial court sustaining defendant-respondent's motion for a new trial after plaintiff had obtained a verdict and judgment in the amount of $4,500 for personal injuries. The motion for new trial was sustained on the ground that "the verdict is so excessive as to indicate it resulted from passion and prejudice on the part of the jury against defendant".

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