Weisbrod v. Katz Drug Co.

[1] This is a suit for damages arising out of personal injuries in which there was a verdict and judgment for $1,500 for the plaintiff and the defendant appeals.

[2] The defendant operates a drug store on the corner of a busy street intersection in the City of St. Louis. To the west of its store is a public alley which runs from the street upon which the store fronts to a street to the south. The alley is used for deliveries to the occupants of a number of large buildings within the city block which it crosses and it carries considerable traffic.

[3] About one hundred feet from the north…