Sloan v. American Press

The plaintiff was injured by falling into an open elevator shaft located in the areaway under a sidewalk in St. Louis. He sued the corporate lessee and the individual owners of the abutting property upon which is situate the Times Building, and recovered a verdict for $15,287 damages. From the order of the circuit court setting aside that verdict and granting the defendants a new trial he has appealed.

On a former trial a verdict for appellant was set aside as being against the weight of the evidence (and for other reasons). The same judge presided at both trials. The stated ground upon which…