Opinion

Finnegan v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

  • 244 Mo. 608
  • 149 S.W. 612
  • 1912 Mo. LEXIS 336
Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Filed
Jul 2, 1912
Status
Published
Author
Lamm
On the bench
Beown, Brown, Ferriss, Graves, Holds, Kennish, Lamm, Remanded, Should, Stated, That, Trial, Valliant, Views, Woodson
Cited by
16 cases

The opinion

CONCURRING OPINION.

LAMM, J.

I concur in so much of the opinion of my learned brother Graves, as relates to error in instructions: As to reversing without remanding, this view of-it seems just to me:

In Banc it was suggested ore tenus (and not denied) that defendant’s printed rule relating to the junction in question was not a new rule, or fresh order, but had been in existence for several years prior to the *643 date indicated by onr present record and had appeared in defendant’s former publications of its rules. If this be a fact, it is of importance on the question whether the verbiage of the rule (to the knowledge of defendant) had received a practical construction, which the employees were acting on, or had been waived by defendant’s acquiescence. The rule is a prominent fact' in this case,, and this court, before finally cutting off plaintiff’s right to recover, should know the truth in that regard.

A new trial will develop the facts and the cause should be remanded for such new trial.

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