SUAREZ v. THOMPSON

No. 44641.

283 S.W.2d 584 (1955)

Manuel C. SUAREZ, Appellant, v. Guy A. THOMPSON, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

November 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. J. Gentry, Little Rock, Ark., Koenig, Dietz & Mason, William L. Mason, Jr., St. Louis, for appellant.

Harold L. Harvey, Oliver L. Salter, Donald B. Sommers, St. Louis, for respondent.


HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

Plaintiff's wife, Violet Suarez, was fatally injured when her body went through an open exterior vestibule door of a day coach on defendant's southbound train near Bismarck, Missouri, on which she was riding as a passenger. Plaintiff, by this action, seeks to recover $15,000 for her wrongful death, alleging that said door was under the exclusive operation and control of defendant; that it was the duty of defendant, for the safety of passengers...

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