Glasco Electric Co. v. Union Electric Light & Power Co.

* NOTE: Opinion filed at October Term, 1932, April 20, 1933; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled at May Term, June 12, 1933. Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages, in the sum of $14,364.05, on account of a fire loss, sustained by it, which is alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant, Union Electric Light Power Company. Upon a trial, by jury, in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, the verdict and judgment was for defendant and plaintiff appealed.

The petition charges general negligence, without averments of specific negligence, and plaintiff,…