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BROOKS v. TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION

No. 29061.

276 S.W.2d 600 (1955)

Elizabeth BROOKS, Administratrix of the Estate of James Brooks, Deceased, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals. Missouri.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Denied April 15, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warner Fuller, Arnot L. Sheppard, and John P. Montrey, St. Louis, for appellant.

Bahn & Gerhard, St. Louis, for respondent.

Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer to Supreme Court Denied April 15, 1955.

SAM C. BLAIR, Special Judge.

The verdict and judgment were for plaintiff-respondent in an action for wrongful death. Defendant-appellant's diesel engine struck and killed plaintiff-respondent's decedent. We shall designate the litigants as they were styled in the trial court.

Invoking the humanitarian doctrine, plaintiff grounded her case on her theory that her decedent was...

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