Dillon v. Hunt
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal, from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Thayer, Judge. This is an action for damages caused by the negligent pulling down of a brick wall upon the building in which plaintiffs’ stock of goods was stored in the city of St. Louis on November 17, 1877. The petition in this case was passed upon by this court in this cause in 82 Mo. 150, and held good on •demurrer.
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Appeal, from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Thayer, Judge. This is an action for damages caused by the negligent pulling down of a brick wall upon the building in which plaintiffs’ stock of goods was stored in the city of St. Louis on November 17, 1877. The petition in this case was passed upon by this court in this cause in 82 Mo. 150, and held good on •demurrer. The answer is as follows : “ Defendant for answer to the petition of Thomas E. Dillon, Martha Jessel and Joseph Jessel, plaintiffs: First. Denies that Joseph Jessel, as husband of said Martha Jessel, is a necessary or…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
When this cause was here on the former appeal, this court affirmed the judgment of the St. Louis court of appeals in reversing the judgment of the St. Louis circuit court. Without repeating at length the grounds upon which the court of appeals held plaintiff would be entitled to recover, it is sufficient tosíate, that it was then held and supported by the authorities that where a proprietor undertakes to do that upon his land‘which is in its nature dangerous to adjoining proprietors he must use reasonable care to work no trespass upon their possession, and it is immaterial in such a case…
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