McGinnis v. Hydraulic Press Brick Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leo 8. Rassieur, Judge. - (1) The mud scraper, by reason of its character, location and condition, was an obstruction dangerous to persons leaving defendant’s building, and the duty of the master to exercise ordinary care to furnish his servant a reasonably safe place to work extends to exits and ingresses and to all places where he properly resorts on the premises in connection with his employment.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leo 8. Rassieur, Judge. - (1) The mud scraper, by reason of its character, location and condition, was an obstruction dangerous to persons leaving defendant’s building, and the duty of the master to exercise ordinary care to furnish his servant a reasonably safe place to work extends to exits and ingresses and to all places where he properly resorts on the premises in connection with his employment. Schumacher v. Breweries Co., 247 Mo. 141; Strohel v. Manufacturing Co., 148 Mo. App. "22; Dressers on Employers’ Liability, sec. 13, pp. 75-6; 4…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
Action for personal injuries, tried in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the court nisi instructed the jury that upon the proof adduced plaintiff was not entitled to recover. Thereupon plaintiff took an involuntary nonsuit with leave to move to set same aside. Thereafter, his motion to set aside this nonsuit being by the court overruled, he appealed.
The negligence pleaded is that which the courts, for convenience, have denominated common-law negligence as distinguished from negligence bottomed upon the violation of a statute or an ordinance.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Huhn v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Keegan v. KavanaughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Lewis v. St. Louis & Iron Mountain RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
- Porter v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
- Alcorn v. Chicago & Alton RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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