Colliott v. American Manufacturing Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
.Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon‘. Jacob Klein, Judge. The condition both of the guard and of the floor was perfectly obvious to the plaintiff, and, therefore, negligence can not be predicated on either. Berning v. Medart, 56 Mo. App. 443, 449; Keegan v. Kavanaugh, 62 Mo; 230; Watson v. Coal Co., 52 Mo.
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.Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon‘. Jacob Klein, Judge. The condition both of the guard and of the floor was perfectly obvious to the plaintiff, and, therefore, negligence can not be predicated on either. Berning v. Medart, 56 Mo. App. 443, 449; Keegan v. Kavanaugh, 62 Mo; 230; Watson v. Coal Co., 52 Mo. App. 366; Moore 'V. Wire Mill Go., 55 Id. 491; Aldridge v. Furnace Co., 78 Mo. 559, 564; Fugler v. Bothe, 117 Id. 475, 501. The employee assumes the ordinary and usual risks of the work which he undertakes. Jackson v. B. LI., 104 Mo. 448, 457; Lucey v. Oil Co., 129 Id. 32,…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
Plaintiff filed in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis the following petition:
“Plaintiff for her cause of action states that on, to wit/ the twenty-fourth day of November, 1894, plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant corpora*166tion at the factory or mills of said company, known as the Southern Mills, in the city of St. Louis; it being-plaintiff’s duty, by virtue of said employment, to tend and operate a certain machine at said factory known as a spinning machine, and used for spinning hemp for use in the manufacture of bagging.
“And plaintiff further says that it was the duty of the…
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- Murray v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Benson v. Chicago & Alton RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Hanlon v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Brannock v. ElmoreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad v. Kansas City, St. Louis & Chicago RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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