Boten ex rel. Boten v. Sheffield Ice Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. James E. Goodrich, Judge. (1) The demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained. Bloomfield v. Wooster Const. Co., 118 Mo. App. 254; Henson v. Packing Co., 113 Mo. App. 618; Meehan v. Railroad, 114 Mo. App. 396; Ziegenmeyer v. Goetz, 113 Mo. App. 330; Kane v. Railroad, 112 Mo. App. 650; Henry v. O’Brien Boiler Co., 151 Mo. App. 591. (2) The court erred in overruling defendant’s motions to discharge the jury.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. James E. Goodrich, Judge. (1) The demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained. Bloomfield v. Wooster Const. Co., 118 Mo. App. 254; Henson v. Packing Co., 113 Mo. App. 618; Meehan v. Railroad, 114 Mo. App. 396; Ziegenmeyer v. Goetz, 113 Mo. App. 330; Kane v. Railroad, 112 Mo. App. 650; Henry v. O’Brien Boiler Co., 151 Mo. App. 591. (2) The court erred in overruling defendant’s motions to discharge the jury. Hollenbeck v. McCord, 152 Mo. App. 254; Gore v. Brockman, 138 Mo. App. 231; Trent v. Lecktman Printing Co., 141 Mó. App. 437; Volkmann v.…
1Opinion of the CourtTrimble, J.
Plaintiff was assisting in taking down an ice house belonging to defendant. During the progress -of the work the place whereon he stood broke on account of its rotten condition, and plaintiff *99fell to the ground receiving a broken hip and other injuries. The suit is for damages received by the fall. He recovered in the trial court and defendant has appealed.
The building was about 100 feet square and divided into five rooms, each 20 feet in width running the full length of the structure. Over each room was a gable roof sloping both ways from the roof ridge down to the valleys which extended…
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