HAYS v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 45765.

304 S.W.2d 800 (1957)

Ocie C. HAYS, Appellant, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 2.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Q. Silver, Milton Suffian, St. Louis, for appellant.

Harold L. Harvey, D. B. Sommers, Marvin Boisseau, Jr., St. Louis, for respondent.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

In plaintiff's suit for $100,000 actual and $400,000 punitive damages for an alleged false imprisonment and a conspiracy to deprive her of her personal liberty, the trial court sustained defendant's motion for a directed verdict on plaintiff's opening statement and this appeal followed. The parties will be referred to as in the trial court.

The substance of the allegations of the petition is as follows: Plaintiff was a passenger aboard...

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