Bullock v. Sklar

DOERNER, Commissioner.

This is an action by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while a customer in a store operated by defendants in Bonne Terre, Missouri. The trial, before the court and a jury, resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $15,000, from which defendants have appealed.

Defendants’ initial point relied on, containing various subdivisions, is that the evidence was not sufficient to make a submis-sible case, and that their motion for a directed verdict, or their after-trial motion for judgment,…