Keegan v. Kavanaugh
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. cited Bn teller vs. Deatli & Trusdale, 15 Mo., 271; Stiel vs. Ackli, 3 5 Mo.. 291: Jones vs. Yeager, 2 Dillon, 64; Devitt vs. Pac. R. R. Co., 50 Mo., 302, and cas. cit.; Wright vs. N. R. C. R. R. Co., 25 N. Y., 566, 570; Hayden vs. S. M. Co., 29 Conn., 543; Callahan vs. Warne, et al., 40 Mo., 317; Foley vs. Alkire, 52 Mo., 317; Const. Mo., Art. I, § 17; Hale’s Com.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. cited Bn teller vs. Deatli & Trusdale, 15 Mo., 271; Stiel vs. Ackli, 3 5 Mo.. 291: Jones vs. Yeager, 2 Dillon, 64; Devitt vs. Pac. R. R. Co., 50 Mo., 302, and cas. cit.; Wright vs. N. R. C. R. R. Co., 25 N. Y., 566, 570; Hayden vs. S. M. Co., 29 Conn., 543; Callahan vs. Warne, et al., 40 Mo., 317; Foley vs. Alkire, 52 Mo., 317; Const. Mo., Art. I, § 17; Hale’s Com. Law, vol. 2. p. 138 ; Lord Coke’s First Inst., ch. 12, § 234, n. d.; Bank of Mo. vs. Anderson, 1 Mo., 234; Wagn. Stat., eh. 80, p. 800, §22; Hudson vs. St. L., K. C. & N. R. R. Co., 53 Mo., 525;…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
This was a suit by the wife of Keegan to recover damages from his employers, on account of said Keegan being killed by the fall of an embankment of earth, through the negligence of defendants.
The answer set up as a defense, that the deceased was a hod carrier, and had ample opportunity to know the defects of said earthen wall, and therefore defendants were not responsible.
The replication avers, that Keegan “ was re-assured in the fear he felt as to the safety of his working by the assurance of Burns, one of the defendants, that there was no danger.”
The proof was, that the plaintiff’s husband…
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