Price v. Hiram Lloyd Building & Construction Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. William T. Jones, Judge. (1) Tliere was no evidence of negligence on the part of defendant and the court should have so instructed the jury. Mathis v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co., 185 Mo. 434. (2) The plaintiff assumed the risk of the inside section of said lintel falling and the master conld not guard against the same, and was not required so to do.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. William T. Jones, Judge. (1) Tliere was no evidence of negligence on the part of defendant and the court should have so instructed the jury. Mathis v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co., 185 Mo. 434. (2) The plaintiff assumed the risk of the inside section of said lintel falling and the master conld not guard against the same, and was not required so to do. (3) The court instructed the jury if they found from the evidence that the scaffold upon which plaintiff was working was so narrow that if the lintel which he was building fell, there was not room…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
This is an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while in the employ of defendant corporation and alleged to have been caused by its negligence. There was a verdict and judgment below for plaintiff, and the case is here upon defendant’s appeal.
Defendant is a construction company, and on November 17, 1911, was engaged in erecting a public school building in the city of St. Louis, upon which plaintiff was employed as a carpenter. On the date last mentioned plaintiff was injured while working upon the second floor of the building then in process of construction. It appears that…
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