Clark v. St. Louis & S. Ry. Co.
Decision Date | 09 May 1911 |
Citation | 137 S.W. 583,234 Mo. 396 |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Parties | CLARK v. ST. LOUIS & S. RY. CO. |
In Banc. Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court; Daniel D. Fisher, Judge.
Action by C. E. Clark against the Union Iron & Foundry Company and the St. Louis & Suburban Railway Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff against the railway company, it appeals. Reversed and remanded, with directions to hold the judgment in abeyance until final disposition of the case as to the defendant, the Union Iron & Foundry Company, and then to enter judgment for plaintiff for the amount of the verdict and interest to the date of its rendition.
Boyle & Priest and T. M. Pierce, for appellant. Wm. McNamee and A. R. Taylor, for respondent.
The following opinion of WOODSON, J., handed down in Division No. 1 of this court, affirming the judgment of the circuit court, is adopted as the opinion of the court in banc. All concur, except GRAVES, J., who dissents.
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