Halloran v. Pullman Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Matt. G-. Reynolds, Judge. (1) Tbe error which appellant assigns is that the trial court took the case from the jury by sustaining a demurrer to the evidence. The case is one showing that the defendant had not furnished its employee, the plaintiff, with a reasonably safe place in which to do his work. This duty is oue the master cannot delegate. Jones y. Packet Co., 48 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Matt. G-. Reynolds, Judge. (1) Tbe error which appellant assigns is that the trial court took the case from the jury by sustaining a demurrer to the evidence. The case is one showing that the defendant had not furnished its employee, the plaintiff, with a reasonably safe place in which to do his work. This duty is oue the master cannot delegate. Jones y. Packet Co., 48 Mo. App. '398; Schaub v. Railroad, 106 Mo. 74; Henry v. Railroad, 109 Mo. 488; Coontz v. Railroad, 121 Mo. 652; Browning v. Railroad, 124 Mo. 55; Railroad v. Tuck (Tenn. Civ.…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
The plaintiff in this case, by occupation an upholsterer, while in the employment of the defendant, was directed to put buttons on the seat of a sofa in the smoking room of a Pullman car, that car at the time being in place in the Union Depot, in the city of St. Louis. He reached the car about 5 o’clock on the evening of April 13th and went into the car, which was dark, raised the sofa from the seat in the smoking room of the car with both hands and after he had raised it, *246rested it on his knee, holding it by his knee and Ms left hand, and was about to put the foot box, or “stepping box,” as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wendall v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1903
- Anderson v. Forrester-Nace Box Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1903
- Harris v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1910
- Hemphill v. Kansas CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
- Cole v. North American Lead Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1908
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- Achter v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1937
- Peetz v. St. Louis Transfer Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1917