Powers v. City of St. Joseph
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal .from Buchanan. Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Woodson, Judge. (1) The demurrer to plaintiff’s case should have been sustained: (a) Because of his own negligence.
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Appeal .from Buchanan. Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Woodson, Judge. (1) The demurrer to plaintiff’s case should have been sustained: (a) Because of his own negligence. Buesching v. Gaslight Co., 73 Mo. 233; Sindlinger v. Kansas City, 126 Mo. 315; Poindexter v. Paper Co., 84 App. 357; King v. Colton Tp., 84 N. W. 1077; Benton v. Philadelphia, 48 At. 267; McLaury v. McGregor, 54 Iowa 717; Fulliam v. Mus-catine, 70 Iowa 436; Zelle v. Atlanta, 66 Ga. 195; Messenger v. Denny, 137 Mass. 197; Alline v. LeMars, 71 la. 654; Hartman v. Muscatine, 70 Iowa 511; Dwyer v. Railroad, 47 N. J. Law 9; Ramsy v.…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
— -This action is for personal injuries inflicted upon the plaintiff by reason of his falling down a basement stairway which extended out into the sidewalk. Plaintiff recovered judgment for forty-five hundred dollars, and each of defendants appeal.
' The building, into the basement of which the stairway *61led, was owned by the defendant insurance company and the lower story and basement were occupied by the defendant publishing company as a tenant for the purpose of printing and publishing a newspaper. Edmond screet, into which the stairway extended, was within the limits of and was under the…
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