George v. St. Louis Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. • Plaintiff was entitled to go to the jury on the question of defendant’s negligence, and of his own' contributory negligence. (a) It is the duty of the master to use reasonable care and precaution in providing safe and suitable appliances with which the employee is required to work. Failure on its part in this respect constitutes negligence. Beard v. Car Co., 63 Mo. App. 382; s. c., 72 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. • Plaintiff was entitled to go to the jury on the question of defendant’s negligence, and of his own' contributory negligence. (a) It is the duty of the master to use reasonable care and precaution in providing safe and suitable appliances with which the employee is required to work. Failure on its part in this respect constitutes negligence. Beard v. Car Co., 63 Mo. App. 382; s. c., 72 Mo. App. 583; Huhn v. Railroad, 92 Mo. 440; Stevens v. Railroad, 96 Mo. 212; Shortel v. City, 104 Mo. 114; Steinhauser v. Spraul, 114 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, P. J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries, in which, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the court sustained a demurrer to the evidence.
The plaintiff took a nonsuit with leave, and the court refusing to set the same aside, the plaintiff appeals. The only *336testimony in behalf of the plaintiff wae his own evidence, from which it appears that he was injured on the eleventh day of May, 1891; that he was then aged about 41 years, sound in mind and body, and in possession of all his faculties; that he was then, as he had been, off and on, for several years previous, in the employ of…
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