Mollman v. Union Electric Light & Power Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. — Eon. Wilson A. Taylor, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give to the jury the instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence requested by defendant, for the reason that plaintiff made no showing entitling her to have the case submitted to the jury, (a) The act of the meter reader in entering the kitchen, hastily and without knocking, for the purpose of reading the meter located therein, was neither…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. — Eon. Wilson A. Taylor, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give to the jury the instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence requested by defendant, for the reason that plaintiff made no showing entitling her to have the case submitted to the jury, (a) The act of the meter reader in entering the kitchen, hastily and without knocking, for the purpose of reading the meter located therein, was neither unlawful nor wanton. It was not unlawful, for the reason that plaintiff’s husband, Peter Mollman, in his contract with…
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff, and caused by trespass by a "meter reader" who was at the time an employee of defendant, and in the discharge of his duties as such. Plaintiff recovered judgment in the sum of $500, and defendant appeals, urging two assignments of error as grounds for reversal: First that the court erred in not directing a verdict for defendant; second that the court erred in giving instruction No. 1 for plaintiff.
The facts are brief. In the forenoon of March 8, 1917, between ten o'clock A.M. and noon on that day,…
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- Newell v. WhitcherSupreme Court of Vermont · 1880
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