Hirt v. Werneburg (2d) 191 S. W. 711, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Dec. 12, 1917. Hodde v. Malone Real Estate Co. (5th) 196 S. W. 347, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 29, 1918. Hodge v. City of Fort Worth (2d) 196 S. W. 583, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 23, 1918. Hoefs V. Short (8th) 190 S. W. 802, granted (Sup. Ct.) Dec. 12, 1917. Home Benefit Ass'n of Angelina County v. Jordan (9th) 191 S. W. 725, dismissed for want of jurisdiction (Com. of Jdgs.) Dec. 12, 1917. Home Life & Acc. Co. v. General Bonding & Casualty Co. (5th) 198 S. W. 1064, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 23, 1917. Hooker v. State ex rel. Brannon (5th) 197 S. W. 481, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 30, 1918. Hooks v. Pate (9th) 197 S. W. 613, dismissed for want of jurisdiction (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 30, 1918. Houston, B. & T. Ry. Co. v. Wol karte (1st) 197 S. W. 1023, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Feb. 6, 1918. Houston Chronicle Pub. Co. V. Lemmons (1st) 193 S. W. 197, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 15, 1918. Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Hol land (9th) 196 S. W. 668, granted (Com. of Jdgs.) May 22, 1918. Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Jones (9th) 184 S. W. 611, refused (Sup. Ct.) 198 S. W. 290. Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Loftin (9th) 194 S. W. 996, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 15, 1918. Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Miller (9th) 196 S. W. 189, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 1, 1918. Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Ragley-Saner Lumber Co. (9th) 196 S. W. 338, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 28, 1917. Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Stepney (9th) 187 S. W. 1078, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 21, 1917. Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Village Mills Co. (9th) 191 S. W. 723, reversed (Sup. Ct.) 202 S. W. 725. Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art (9th) 194 S. W. 413, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 15, 1918. Houston Transp. Co. v. Texas Co. (1st) 187 S. W. 430, dismissed (Sup. Ct.) Oct. 2, 1916. Houston & T. C. R. Co. v. Diamond Press Brick Co. (6th) 188 S. W. 32, granted (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 21, 1917. Houston & T. C. R. Co. v. Lawrence (1st) 197 S. W. 1020, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 23, 1918. Howard v. Shuler (7th) (applications of both parties) not for publication, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) June 12, 1918. Howell v. Duncanson (4th) 195 S. W. 349, granted (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 16, 1918. Hoya v. Self (9th) 193 S. W. 226, granted (Sup. Ct.) Dec. 19, 1917. Hubbell, Slack & Co. v. Farmers' Union Cotton Co. (9th) 196 S. W. 681, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 29, 1918. Huling v. Moore (4th) 194 S. W. 188, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 7, 1917. Hume v. Carpenter (3d) 188 S. W. 707, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 28. 1917. Hume v. Denton (3d) 188 S. W. 713 refused (Com. of Jdgs.). Nov. 28, 1917. Hume v. Flewellen (3d) 188 S. W. 714, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 28, 1917. Hume v. Moore (3d) 188 S. W. 712, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 28, 1917. Hunt v. Woods (1st) no opinion, dismissed for want of jurisdiction (Sup. Ct.) Jan. 12, 1916. Hunter v. Hunter (9th) 187 S. W. 1049, dismissed on agreed motion Oct. 2, 1916. Hutchens v. Dresser (2d) 196 S. W. 969, dismissed for want of jurisdiction (Com. of Jdgs.) May 8, 1918. Ingram v. Texas Christian University (2d) 196 S. W. 608, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 22, 1918. International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. Edmundson (4th) 185 S. W. 402, granted (Com. of Jdge.) Oct. 31, 1917. Jackson v. Knight (7th) 194 S. W. $44, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 21, 1917. Jeff Davis County v. Davis (8th) 192 S. W. 291, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 7, 1917. J. F. Turner & Bros. v. Gable (6th) 195 S. W. 348, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 22, 1918. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co. v. Rachal (4th) 194 S. W. 418, refused (Com. of Jags.) Nov. 14, 1917. J. M. Radford Grocery Co. v. Duncan (2d) no opinion, dismissed (Sup. Ct.) Nov. 3, 1915. Johnson v. First Nat. Bank of Marlin (3d) 198 S. W. 990, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 8, 1918. Jones v. Keith Lumber Co. (9th) 195 S. W. 869, refused (Com. of Jegs.) Nov. 28. 1917. Joseph W. Moon Buggy Co. V. Moore-Hustead Co. (application of Shipp) (5th) 196 S. W. 328, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 29, 1918. Jung v. Petermann (4th) 194 S. W. 202, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 7, 1917. Kampmann v. Cross (4th) 194 S. W. 437, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 14, 1917. Kansas City, M. & O. R. Co. of Texas v. Durrett (8th) 187 S. W. 427, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 14, 1917. Kansas City, M. & O. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Starr (7th) 194 S. W. 637, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 22, 1918. Kenedy Pasture Co. v. State (3d) 196 S. W. 287 (applications of both parties), granted (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 7, 1917. Kenley v. Robb (9th) 193 S. w. 375, granted (Sup. Ct.) March 27, 1918. Kerbow v. Wooldridge (application of Trustees of School Dist. No. 2) (7th) 184 S. W. 746, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 14, 1917. King v. Dawson (4th) 192 S. W. 271, granted (Com. of Jdgs.) Dec. 19. 1917. Kirby v. Morris (2d) 198 S. W. 995, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 30, 1918. Kirby Lumber Co. V. Gresham (1st) 151 S. W. 847, granted May 10, 1913. Dismissed Oct. 10, 1917. Kirby Lumber Co. v. Hardy (9th) 196 S. W. 211, granted (Com. of Jdgs.) May 22, 1918. Kirby Lumber Co. V. Williams (1st) 159 S. W. 309, granted Dec. 10, 1913. Dismissed May 3, 1916. Knodel v. Equitable Life Ins. Co. (4th) 193 S. W. 1138, granted (Com. of Jdgs.) Dec. 19, 1917. Kruegel V. Murphy & Bolanz (5th) 177 S. W. 1018, (Sup. Ct.) Jan. 10, 1917. Kruegel v. Standard Savings & Loan Ass'n (7th) 196 S. W. 283, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) June 5, 1918. refused Lauraine v. Atkinson (1st) 193 S. W. 712, refused Feb. 13, 1918 (Sup. Ct.). Lauraine v. Dickson Car Wheel Co. (9th) 198 S. W. 1103, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 30, 1918. Lauraine v. Kahn Bros. (1st) 193 S. W. 712, refused Feb. 13, 1918 (Sup. Ct.). Lauraine v. Masterson (1st) 193 S. W. 708, refused Feb. 13, 1918 (Sup. Ct.). Lauraine v. Sweeney (1st) 193 S. W. 708, refused Feb. 13, 1918 (Sup. Ct.). Lauraine v. Vaughn (1st) 193 S. W. 712, refused Feb. 13, 1918 (Sup. Ct.). Lauraine v. Williams (1st) 193 S. W. 712, refused Feb. 13, 1918 (Sup. Ct.). Lawson v. Port Arthur Canal & Dock Co. (1st) 185 S. W. 600, refused (Sup. Ct.) Jan. 9, 1918. Leake v. City of Dallas (7th) 197 S. W. 472, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 30, 1918. Lewis v. Houston Oil Co. of Texas (9th) 198 S. W. 607, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 8, 1918. Light v. Hart (4th) 193 S. W. 740, granted (Sup. Ct.) Jan. 23, 1918. Lightfoot v. Poindexter (3d) 199 S. W. 1152, refused (Sup. Ct.) May 15, 1918. Lion Bonding & Surety Co. V. First State Bank of Paris (6th) 194 S. W. 1012, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 22, 1918. Liquid Carbonic Co. v. Dilley (5th) 150 S. W. 468, affirmed 202 S. W. 316. Littlefield v. Clayton Bros. (7th) 194 S. W. 194, granted (Sup. Ct.) Dec. 19, 1917. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. v. Jones (9th) 197 S. W. 736, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) June 12, 1918. Loesch V. Supreme Tribe Ben Hur (2d) 190 S. W. 506, granted (Sup. Ct.) Dec. 12, 1917. Love V. Rockwall Independent School Dist. (5th) 194 S. W. 659, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 28, 1917. Loving v. Hazelwood (7th) 184 S. W. 355, refused (Sup. Ct.) Oct. 3, 1917. Lyon-Taylor Co. v. Johnson (9th) 195 S. W. 875, dismissed for want of jurisdiction (Sup. Ct.) March 13, 1918. McBride v. Rockwall County (5th) 195 S. W. 926, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 14. 1917. McCormick v. Stoneheart (7th) 195 S. W. 883, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) June 12, 1918. McCutcheon & Church v. Smith (5th) 194 S. W. 831, (Sup. Ct.) Feb. 13, 1918. McFarling v. Carey (7th) 149 S. W. 766, granted Oct. 23, 1912. Dismissed April 4, 1917. McKay v. McKay (7th) 189 S. W. 520, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 28. 1917. granted Mackechney V. Temple Lumber Martinez v. De Barroso (4th) 189 Matagorda County Drainage Dist. No. 5 v. Borden (1st) 195 S. W. 308, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. Matheson v. C. B. Livestock Co. derwriters v. Brooks (3d) 188 S. Palermo Bros. v. Capps (4th) 196, Robinson v. S. Samuels & Co. of W. 275, refused (Com. Paris & G. N. Ry. Co. v. Campbell S. Cole (2d) 198 S. W. 1054, dismissed for want of jurisdiction (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 30, 1918. Messimer v. Echols (6th) 194 W. 1171, dismissed (Com. Jdgs.) Dec. 12, 1917. Meyer v. Monnig Dry Goods Co. (2d) 189 S. W. 80, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 28, 1917. Miles v. Bodenheim (6th) 193 S. W. 693, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 22, 1918. Miller v. Chicago Portrait Co. (4th) 195 S. W. 619, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 29, 1918. Miller v. Poulter (2d) 189 S. W. 105, granted (Sup. Ct.) Jan. 23, 1918: Millsaps v. Johnson (7th) 196 S. W. 202, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Tex- v. Haven (6th) 200 S. W. 1152, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 15, 1918. Missouri, K. & T. R. Co. of Texas Missouri, K. &. T. Ry. Co. of V. Missouri, K, & T. R. Co. of Texas V. Nelson (5th) 162 S. W. 17, grant- Moore v. Coffman (2d) 189 S. W. 22, 1918. Mother Mary Angela v. Battle (2d) 198 S. W. 1030, refused (Com. of Nevill v. Gulf, C. & S. F. R. Co. 1918. Patterson v. Bushong (2d) 196 S. Paul Stone Co. v. Saucedo (4th) Peerless Fire Ins. Co. v. Reveire Petty v. Wilkins (6th) 190 S. W. Pfeiffer v. City of San Antonio (4th) 195 S. W. 932, refused Livingston (8th) 192 Pyle v. Pyle (7th) 159 S. W. 488, Red River Nat. Bank v. Ferguson (6th) 192 S. W. 1088, granted Red River T. & S. Ry. Co. v. Davis (5th) 195 S. W. 1160, re- Reinertsen v. Bennett & Sons (8th) plication of Winkler) (8th) 185 Reyes v. Kingman Texas Imple- Ass'n (6th) 195 S. W. 328, Roberts v. Abney (3d) 189 S. W. (9th) 196 S. W. 893, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Feb. 6. 1918. Rockhill County Club Co. v. Nix (4th) 198 S. W. 155, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) June 12, 1918. Rosetti v. Camille (4th) 199 S. W. 526, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 8, 1918. Ross v. Haynes (2d) 196 S. W. 364, Rossetti v. Benavides (4th) 195 S. Royal Ins. Co. v. Miller (7th) not St. Louis Southwestern R. Co. of St. Louis Southwestern R. Co. of St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of St. Louis Southwestern R. Co. St. Louis Southwestern R. Co. of St. Louis Southwestern R. Co. of St. Louis Southwestern R. Co. of Texas v. Wilkes (6th) 159 S. W. 126, granted. Dismissed May 16, 1917. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Garnier (2d) 196 S. W. 980, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 23, 1918. Salinas v. Shaw (4th) 198 S. W. Samuel v. Houston Oil Co. of Tex- San Antonio, U. & G. R. Co. v. San Antonio & A. P. Ry. Co. v. Mosel (4th) 195 S. W. 621, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 29, 1918. San Antonio & A. P. R. Co. v. Tucker (3d) 157 S. W. 175, granted Jan. 14, 1914. Dismissed Feb. 21, 1917. San Benito Cameron County Drainage Dist. v. Farmers' State Guaranty Bank (4th) 192 S. W. 1145, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 7, 1917. Sanders v. George M. Hester Cot- Santa Fé Tie & Lumber Preserv- Santa Fé Tie & Lumber Preserv-, Sauer V. Palmer Schaff v. Shepherd (6th) 196 S. W. 232, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) June 5, 1918. Scharff v. Tillar (7th) not for publication, refused (Com. of Jags.) Jan. 23, 1918. Schulz v. Davis (4th) 196 S. W. Scott v. Shine (2d) 194 S. W. 964, Sherman County v. Ross (7th) 197 Sikes v. First State Bank of De- Simms v. Southern Pipe Line Co Slaughter v. Morton (7th) 195 S. Smith v. Our United Brotherhood Smith v. Tipps (6th) 191 S. W. 392, (1st) 197 S. W. 1003, refused Southern Traction Co. v. Western Dillon (5th) 199 S. W. 698, refused (Com. (3d) 187 S. W. 536, granted (Sup. Owens (1st) 198 S. W. 662, re- Southwestern Telegraph & Tele- Southwestern Telegraph & Tele- Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the Sparks v. Kaufman County (5th) State v. Hoffman (4th) 190 S. W. State ex rel. Burchill v. City of (2d) Stolte v. Karren (4th) 191 S. W. Stuart v. Meyer (2d) 196 S. W. Stuart v. Teagarden (5th) 193 S. Swearingen v. Swearingen (4th) Taylor v. Lafevers (6th) 198 S. W. Taylor v. Ullmann, Stern & Krause Texas Bldg. Co. v. Collins (appli- Texas Cent. R. Co. v. Barr (2d) Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n V. Bryan (4th) 198 S. W. 342, re- Texas Fidelity & Bonding Co. v. Texas & P. R. Co. v. Jones (2d) Texas & P. R. Co. v. R. W. Wil- Texas & P. R. Co. v. Schelb (8th) Spann v. City of Dallas (5th) 189 Texas & P. R. Co. v. Sherer (2d) S. W. 999. granted (Sup. Ct.) xix Tharp v. Striker (8th) 194 S. W. 1014, dismissed (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 21, 1917. of Thomas & Sons v. Folmar (3d) 195 Turner v. Ontiberos (8th) 193 S. V. Consolidated Portrait Vaky v. Phelps (4th) 194 S. W. 601, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 21, 1917. Varn v. Gonzales (8th) 193 S. W. 1132, granted (Com. of Jdgs.) May 15, 1918. Vaughan v. Southwestern Surety Vivian v. San Antonio U. & G. V. City 29. of New Braunfels (3d) 193 S. W. 1077, granted (Com. of Jdgs.) Dec. 19, 1917. Walenta v. Wolter (4th) 186 S. W. 873, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 14, 1917. Walker v. Knox (9th) 191 S. W. Walker v. Sandoz (4th) 178 S. W. V. v. Hop- Welder v. State (3d) 196 S. W. re Wells v. Commissioners' Court of West Lumber Co. v. C. R. Cum- Whisenant v. Shores Mueller Co. (8th) 194 S. W. 1175, dismissed (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 23, 1918. Whitaker v. McCarty (7th) 188 S. W. 502, granted (Sup. Ct.) Nov. 28, 1917. Whitaker v. McCarty (7th) not for publication, granted (Com. of Jdgs.) May 16, 1917. Whitfield v. Lagrone (9th) 191 S. W. 1169, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Dec. 19, 1917. Wichita Falls Traction Co. v. Berry (2d) 187 S. W. 415, dismissed (Sup. Ct.) Oct. 25, 1916. Wiggins v. Stephens (7th) 191 S. W. 777. granted (Sup. Ct.) Dec. 12. 1917. Williams v. Adams (6th) 193 S. W. 404, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Dec. 19, 1917. Williams v. Harris (6th) 193 S. W. 403, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Dec. 19, 1917. Williamson V. Miller-Vidor Lbr. Co. (1st) 178 S. W. 800, dismissed (Sup. Ct.). Winfree v. Winfree (9th) 195 S. W. 245. refused (Com. of Jdgs.) May 22, 1918. Winnsboro Cotton Oil Co. v. Azbell (6th) not for publication, dismissed (Sup. Ct.) Jan. 3, 1917. Wisenhunt v. Park (5th) 189 S. W. 287. refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Dec. 5, 1917. Woods v. Bell (9th) 195 S. W. 902, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Jan. 23, 1918. Woods v. Moore (8th) 185 S. W. 623, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov. 14. 1917. Zielinski v. Hernig (9th) 195 S. W. 952, dismissed for want of jurisdiction (Sup. Ct.) Oct. 17, 1917. Zimmerman Land & Irrigation Co. v. Rooney Mercantile Co. (8th) 195 S. W. 201, refused (Com. of Jdgs.) Nov: 21, 1917. Zurn v. Mitchell (2d) 196 S. W. 544, granted (Com. of Jdgs.) May 22, 1918. See End of Index for Tables of Southwestern Cases in State Reports THE SOUTHWESTERN REPORTER VOLUME 202 WILLIAMS v. SPRINGFIELD GAS & (Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1. 1. ELECTRICITY 16(7)—WIRES ACCESSIBLE TO BOYS-NEGLIGENCE. Electric companies stretching wires through trees which children can climb must anticipate their presence in such trees, and where a boy climbed from a building into a tree, and a twig broke and he fell against electric company's uninsulated wires and was injured, the company was liable. 2. ELECTRICITY 15(1) WIRES-TRESPASSER. INJURIES FROM Where a boy, playing, upon a building be longing to another party by owner's sufferance, climbed upon a tree either on such party's premises or in an alley, and while there was injured by defendant's uninsulated wires, such boy was not a trespasser as to defendant. 3. ELECTRICITY 18(1)-INJURIES FROM CURRENT-CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE. Where plaintiff, a boy, climbed into a tree and slipped or fell, from the breaking of a twig, against defendant's uninsulated wires passing through the tree, and there was no evidence that he knew of the defect of the insulation or that he purposely touched the wires, contributory negligence is not shown. 4. APPEAL AND ERROR-882(12) INVITED ERROR-INSTRUCTIONS. Criticism of matter in an instruction will not be considered where appellant requested an instruction including the same matter. 5. TRIAL 296(4, 5) — INSTRUCTIONSTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE. - CON could not have biased the jury and is not reversible error. Appeal from Circuit Court, Greene County; Arch A. Johnson, Judge. Action by Francis P. Williams, by his next friend, against the Springfield Gas & Electric Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. Delaney & Delaney, of Springfield, for appellant. Talma S. Heffernan and Patterson & Patterson, all of Springfield, and J. M. Johnson, of Kansas City, for respondent. BLAIR, J. This cause was transferred here by the Springfield Court of Appeals (187 S. W. 556). The appeal is from a judgment for damages for injuries suffered by respondent, then nine years old, from contact with appellant's electric wires. These wires carried a powerful current, and were so placed that they passed through a tree which stood on or very near the line dividing a public alley from a building lot in Springfield. The tree was 30 or more feet high, and its lower branches were near the ground. It was a tree which children could and did climb easily. The insulation of the wires near and in the tree had been in bad condition for a year or more. Respondent was injured on May 9th. Nearly two months before that date the lot owner commenced the erection of a bungalow. From the beginning, with Not every omission of a reference to contrib-out interference from the owner, children utory negligence renders an instruction errone-played about and in the building. The cenous, and where the jury were required, before ter of the trunk of the tree near the ground finding for plaintiff, to find defendant guilty of 6. APPEAL AND ERROR 1060(4)—HARMLESS ERROR-CONDUCT OF COUNSEL. positive negligence in leaving wires uninsulated, was 32 inches from the end wall of the house. and that such negligence was the proximate Appellant's nearest wire, as it passed through cause of injury, the instruction is not erroneous, the tree, was 36 inches from the end wall where others given cover the subject of contribu- and 12 inches from the edge of the cornice, tory negligence. and was 20 feet high. On May 9th the house was nearing completion. The roof, at the highest point next the tree, was 26 feet 3 inches high. The tree extended several feet above this. On that date respondent and several other boys were playing about the bungalow, and in the course of their games respondent went upon the roof and up to or near the ridge pole. The owner, then presStatement of plaintiff's counsel in an action ent, told the boys to come down. Respondent for personal injury, "Don't encourage these at once went to the edge of the roof nearest wealthy, greedy corporations to justify that the tree, and climbed from the roof to the which cannot compensate this boy simply according to law and according to your duty to tree along a limb or bough which extended the law," being incoherent and meaningless, out over the house. He reached the trunk Where, as a result of injuries, one of plaintiff's arms was amputated below the elbow, his other arm almost useless, the fingers being burned and drawn, and he suffered burns on the body, and a verdict of only $7,500 was returned, the objection that misconduct of plaintiff's counsel affected the amount of recovery is untenable. 7. APPEAL AND ERROR 1060(1)—HARMLESS ERROR-ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL. For other cases see same topic and KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests and Indexes |