Rush v. Townsend and Wall Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
HOUSER, Commissioner.
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by Pearl Rush when she fell on the stairs in the Sixth Street vestibule of the Townsend and Wall department store in St. Joseph. A trial jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $12,500. On December 7, 1959 defendant filed a notice of appeal from the ensuing judgment.
Plaintiff fell as she started to descend these stairs :
Plaintiff’s theory of recovery ‘ was that -defendant failed to exercise ordinary care ;to keep the landing and stairway in a reasonably safe condition for the use of fits customers and business…
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