YOUNG v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 49840.

374 S.W.2d 150 (1964)

Frederick H. YOUNG, Appellant, v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

January 13, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. John Marshall, Pittsburg, Edward V. Sweeney, Monett, for appellant.

Richard S. Righter, Robert D. Youle, William H. Bates, Ronald G. Schmidt, Kansas City, Lloyd Buehner, Joplin, for respondent; Lathrop, Righter, Gordon & Parker, Kansas City, of counsel.


COIL, Commissioner.

In an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, Frederick Young sought damages of $504,476 for injuries he claimed to have sustained as a result of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company's alleged negligence on July 17, 1961. A jury awarded him $5,000 and he has appealed from the ensuing judgment. He contends that the trial court erred in refusing to declare a mistrial and thereby forced him...

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