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DUKE v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 45654.

303 S.W.2d 613 (1957)

William DUKE, Appellant, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied July 8, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris & Dubinsky and Cleo V. Barnhart, St. Louis, for appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court en Banc Denied July 8, 1957.

BOHLING, Commissioner

William Duke sued the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, for $250,000 damages for personal injuries. The court sustained defendant's motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's evidence on the theory an intervening efficient cause was the proximate cause of plaintiff's injuries. Plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

In August, 1953...

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