Brophy v. Clisaris

DOERNER, Commissioner.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries resulting from a fall. In her petition plaintiff named as defendants Pan-American Realty Corporation and Nick Clisaris, d/b/a Nick Carter’s Surf ’N Sirloin, but at the close of her case dismissed as to Pan-American, without prejudice. Verdict and judgment below was for plaintiff for $5000, from which defendant Clisaris has appealed.

Plaintiff’s fall occurred in the ballroom of the Forest Park Hotel, in St. Louis, on December 31, 1957. The hotel building was owned by Pan-American, which by a written instrument (not…