Meade v. Montrose
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court,—Hon. W. 0. Thomas, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtTrimble, J.
—Appellant is the owner of a building which he erected and rented to a tenant for a garage. Respondent placed his new automobile in this garage to be cared for by the tenant for hire. Plaintiff claims that in the erection of the building the flat' roof thereof was not made strong enough, and no .sufficient outlei, *723for rainwater falling thereon was provided. During a rain, the water eolleeted on the roof in such quantities that its weight, together with the insufficient supports to the roof, caused one of them at the rear end of the building to give way, allowing that portion of roof supported…
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