Vitale v. Duerbeck

This is a companion case to that of Helen Bloecher v. Estate of William Duerbeck, 333 Mo. ___, 62 S.W.2d 553, argued and submitted to this court at a previous term, but the opinion in which is handed down concurrently with this case. This suit is for personal injuries to the wife of Sam Vitale, tenant of William Duerbeck, growing out of the same explosion of an Arcola hot water heater placed in the rented premises by the landlord, William Duerbeck, the facts as to which are set forth more fully in the Helen Bloecher case, to which reference is here made, and same need not be repeated here. It…