Gillen v. City of St. Louis

DALTON, Judge.

Action for $25,000 damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of defendant’s negligence. The court sustained defendant’s motion to dismiss on the ground that the petition failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, and' dismissed the petition with prejudice. Plaintiff has appealed from the judgment entered against him.

The petition alleged that: “* * * on or about the 23rd day of October, 1959, at a point known as 1206 Olive Street in St. Louis, Missouri, and more particularly described as a point immediately east of an alley which…