Reedy v. St. Louis Brewing Ass'n
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Gasconade Circuit Court. — Hon. Rudolph Hirzel, Judge. The evidence failed to disclose facts which amount to a cause of action against this defendant There was no such proof of negligence as warranted a submission of the case to the jury.
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Appeal from Gasconade Circuit Court. — Hon. Rudolph Hirzel, Judge. The evidence failed to disclose facts which amount to a cause of action against this defendant There was no such proof of negligence as warranted a submission of the case to the jury. While the petition alleges that ice had formed upon the sidewalk to such an extent, and in such a manner, as to “obstruct passage” over the walk and to make it in that respect defective and unsafe, the proof showed that the accident to plaintiff "was caused by his slipping; he neither stumbled, nor was his progress over the sidewalk impeded. It…
1Opinion of the Court
VALLIANT,. J.
Plaintiff slipped and fell on ice on a sidewalk in one of the public streets of the defendant city and suffered serious injuries; this suit is to recover damages for those injuries. The defendants were sued as joint tortfeasors. The joint injury is alleged to consist in neglecting to remove the ice from the sidewalk within a reasonable time after its existence was known or would have been known if reasonable care had been observed. The defendant, the St. Louis-Brewing Association, is charged in the petition to have caused the ice to form by suffering water from its abutting…
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