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Nolan v. Shickle

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 6, 1877PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. cited: Wells on Law and Fact, sec. 265 ; Norton v. Ittner, 56 Mo. 351; Kane v. Learned, 17 Mass. 190 ; Thomas v. Telegraph Co., 100 Mass. 156; Smith v. City, 45 Mo. 449; Conroy v. Vulcan, 62 Mo. 35; Porter v. Railroad Co., 60 Mo. 160; Gormley w.

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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. cited: Wells on Law and Fact, sec. 265 ; Norton v. Ittner, 56 Mo. 351; Kane v. Learned, 17 Mass. 190 ; Thomas v. Telegraph Co., 100 Mass. 156; Smith v. City, 45 Mo. 449; Conroy v. Vulcan, 62 Mo. 35; Porter v. Railroad Co., 60 Mo. 160; Gormley w. Vulcan, 61 Mo. 492; Smith v. Railroad Co., 61 Mo. 588; Lewis v. Railroad Co., 59 Mo. 495 ; Keegan v. Kavanaugh, 62 Mo. 230. cited: Greenleaf v. Illinois Central R. R. Co., 29 Iowa, 46 ; Hayden v. Smithville Mfg. Co., 29 Conn. 560; Cummings v. Collins, 61 Mo. 523; Wright v. New York Central R. R. Co., 25 N. Y. 566;…

1Opinion of the CourtHayden, J.

This was an action to recover damages for an injury to the plaintiff, caused, as he alleged, by the negligence of the defendants. The petition charged that the defendants had been guilty of negligence in the construction of a scaffold, which was alleged to be defective, unsafe, and composed of insufficient materials, on which scaffold plaintiff had been ordered to work; that in obedience to the order, and believing the scaffold to be fit and proper, the plaintiff worked upon it, but that, by reason of its unsoundness and the defendants’ negligence, the scaffold gave way and broke, whereby…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Parks v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  2. Schuchardt v. AllensSupreme Court of the United States · 1864
  3. Keegan v. KavanaughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
  4. Gibson v. Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
  5. Wonder v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1870

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Warner v. St. Louis & Meramec River RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
  2. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. LockeIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. W. Co. v. McCormickIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Van Bibber v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1921
  5. Berry v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894

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