NEWMAN v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 49673.

369 S.W.2d 583 (1963)

Orville NEWMAN, Guardian of the Estate and Person of Terry Newman, a Minor, Respondent, v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

July 18, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Reeves, Ward & Reeves, Caruthersville (Ernest D. Grinnell, Jr., Wm. Bruce Kopper, St. Louis, of counsel), for appellant.

Charles E. Gray, James W. Jeans, Gray & Jeans, St. Louis, Bradley & Noble, John W. Noble, Charles Cable, Kennett, for respondent.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

This is an appeal by the Frisco Railroad from a $225,000 verdict for personal injuries in favor of Terry Newman, age 11.

Before considering the merits of the appeal some preliminary observations are necessary to precisely point up the issues involved and to place in context the only questions raised by the railroad, the giving and refusal of certain instructions and whether the verdict is excessive. In view of these specifically raised...

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