Oakley v. Duerbeck Co.

WESTHUES, Judge.

This is an appeal to review the action of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis in entering a summary judgment against plaintiff-appellant in an action to recover $35,000 damages for personal injuries sustained when he fell on a common stairway on premises owned by the defendants-respondents.

Plaintiff Alvie Oakley alleged in his petition that he was a tenant of the defendants Duerbeck Company and Charles G. and Jessie F. Duerbeck at 4617 St. Ferdinand Avenue, St. Louis,, Missouri; further, that on March 17, 1960, plaintiff fell down a *431common stairway on said premises;…