Janis v. Jost
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Commissioner.
Action by minors for $25,000 damages for wrongful death of their father allegedly caused by landlords’ negligence in failing to repair or maintain a flue in reasonably safe condition, and by natural gas supplier’s negligence in respect to repair and inspection of a gas heater and failure to discover a dangerous condition in the flue. Answers were denials of the charges and pleas of contributory negligence. Judgment was for defendants on a directed verdict at the close of plaintiffs’ case. Plaintiffs’ evidence, then, circumstantial and direct, viewed in its most favorable…
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Draper v. Louisville Nashville Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1941
- Craddock v. Greenberg Mercantile, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1957
- Gaddy v. Skelly Oil Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1953
- Green v. RALSTON PURNIA COMPANYSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
- Lappin v. PrebeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
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