Modlagl v. Kaysing Iron & Foundry Co.

The plaintiff instituted this suit in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, against the defendant to recover $15,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by him through the alleged negligence of the latter.

A trial was had before the court and a jury, which resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant, and in proper time and due form the plaintiff appealed the cause to this court.

The petition was as follows (formal parts omitted) :

“Plaintiff states that the defendant is and was at the times hereinafter mentioned a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State…