Cech v. Mallinckrodt Chemical Co.

Plaintiffs are the minor children of Michael Cech, deceased, and, their mother being dead, they sued by their guardian in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, to recover damages for the death of their father, who was killed on February 16, 1923, by falling down an elevator shaft in defendant's manufacturing plant. Plaintiffs recovered judgment for $10,000, from which defendant appeals.

Michael Cech was laborer in the employ of defendant in its building No. 6, in which one of the processes carried on was the making of tannic acid for use in its business of manufacturing chemicals. He had…