City of St. Louis ex rel. Forest v. Nicholas

WOLFE, Judge.

This is an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have *548been sustained while the plaintiff was an inmate of the St. Louis city workhouse. The defendants moved to dismiss the petition for failure to state a cause of action, and their motion was sustained. Harry Forest, at whose relation the cause was brought, prosecutes this appeal.

The parts of the petition, as they relate to the question before us, are as follows:

“1. That defendant, Peter Nicholas, Jr., is and was at all times herein mentioned, Director of the Workhouse for the City of St. Louis,…