Adler v. Laclede Gas Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
STOCKARD, Commissioner.
At the close of all the evidence the trial court entered judgment for the defendant on a directed verdict in plaintiff’s suit for damages for personal injuries in the amount of $35,000. Plaintiff has appealed.
Plaintiff was injured on Wednesday evening, September 11, 1963, by a fall into an excavation in the form of ditch along the east side of McKelvey Road in St. Louis County, which had been dug by defendant in which to lay a gas main. The excavation was in the public right of way, but about eight or nine feet from the macadam paving of the street. Plaintiff intended…
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