Legal Opinion

Summa v. Morgan Real Estate Co.

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 29, 1942No. 37979PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The Morgan Real Estate Company appeals from a verdict and judgment of $25,000.00 in favor of Hansi Summa for personal injuries.

The respondent fell and was injured while shopping in the appellant's market in University City. The negligence relied on as a basis of liability is that the appellant breached its duty as an owner or occupant of premises to the respondent, a business invitee, in that it failed to exercise ordinary care to have and maintain its store in a reasonably safe condition and failed to adequately warn her of a danger known to it, unknown and not apparent to her in the…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Elkin v. St. Louis Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1934
  2. Smith v. Kansas City Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  3. Draper v. Louisville Nashville Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1941
  4. Ilgenfritz v. Missouri Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1937
  5. Brunk v. Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1933

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Delay Ex Rel. Delay v. WardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1953
  2. Gibson v. Consolidated Credit Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
  3. Cruce v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1951
  4. Harbourn v. Katz Drug CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
  5. Greyhound Lines, Inc., a Corporation v. Delta MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968

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