Burke v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
BOHLING, Commissioner.
John J. Burke sued the City of St. Louis for $25,000 damages, claiming he, while an invitee, was caused to fall on the floor of the “Soldiers’ Memorial” of said city by reason of defendant’s negligence in permitting a slick and slippery substance to be and remain thereon. The city obtained leave to withdraw its answer “for the purpose of filing a motion to dismiss.” Said motion alleged plaintiff’s cause of action should be dismissed because from plaintiff’s petition (quoting the city’s motion) “plaintiff’s cause of action, if any, arose out of his fall in the Soldiers’…
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2Cases cited23 opinions
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