Hoffman v. Walsh
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. J. E. Slover, Judge. (1) There is no evidence that the rock which struck the plaintiff came from the place where the defendant was blasting. Hite v. Railroad, 130 Mo. 132 ;• Stokes v. Burns, 132 Mo. 214; Oglesby v. Railroad, 150 Mo. 137; May v. Crawford, 150 Mo. 504; Cathcart v. Railroad, 19 M'o. App. 113; Summerville v. Railroad, 29 Mo. App. 148; Peck v. Railroad, 31 Mo. App. 123; Smillie v. Dollar Store, 47 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. J. E. Slover, Judge. (1) There is no evidence that the rock which struck the plaintiff came from the place where the defendant was blasting. Hite v. Railroad, 130 Mo. 132 ;• Stokes v. Burns, 132 Mo. 214; Oglesby v. Railroad, 150 Mo. 137; May v. Crawford, 150 Mo. 504; Cathcart v. Railroad, 19 M'o. App. 113; Summerville v. Railroad, 29 Mo. App. 148; Peck v. Railroad, 31 Mo. App. 123; Smillie v. Dollar Store, 47 Mo. App. 402; Hays v. Railroad, 51 Mo. App. 438; Gerrons v. Wenger, 51 Mo. App. 615; Glick v. Kansas City, 57 Mo. App. 97; Smart v. Kansas City,…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, P. J.
The plaintiff sues for damages, the result of an injury alleged to have been caused by the act of defendant. In July, 1904, he was engaged at his occupation as a bricklayer on the residence of S. H. Vaile at Forty-fifth street and Warwick boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri. The defendant, a contractor, was blasting rock in making an excavation for a sewer under a contract with said city, at a distance of about five hundred feet south of the place where plaintiff was working on a scaffold, on the inside of the west wall of said residence with his face to the west. While plaintiff was stooping…
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