Jones v. Ames

DOWD, Judge.

Kenneth A. Jones, et al. (Jones), Plaintiffs, appeal from the trial court’s grant of a directed verdict in favor of Roy Holley, Defendant. We affirm.

Jones was in the process of constructing a 24-family apartment budding on a tract of land he owned in Jefferson County, Missouri. On November 23,1985, the partially completed structure was destroyed by a fire which was started in a 55-gallon barrel inside the building. Jones brought a negligence action against Holley and Warren Ames, two of the subcontractors working on the building. At the close of all evidence, Holley filed a motion…