Klebe v. Parker Distilling Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Row. Horatio D. Wood, Judge. (1) Since plaintiff’s duties required him to work upon the elevator platform, it was incumbent on defendant to see that the elevator was safely suspended. This involved the furnishing of a rope or cable of sufficient strength, and a continuous duty of inspection on the part of defendant, to see that it remained so.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Row. Horatio D. Wood, Judge. (1) Since plaintiff’s duties required him to work upon the elevator platform, it was incumbent on defendant to see that the elevator was safely suspended. This involved the furnishing of a rope or cable of sufficient strength, and a continuous duty of inspection on the part of defendant, to see that it remained so. Labatt on Master and Servant, sec. 7; Wendler v. Peoples House Furnishing Co., 165 Mo. 536; Pauck v. Dressed Beef Co., 159 Mo. 467; Settle v. Railroad, 127 Mo. 336; Blanton v. Dold, 109 Mo. 75. (2) Elevator…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
— This suit was. instituted in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, seeking to recover damages in the sum of $20,000 for personal injuries received by plaintiff, caused by the breaking of an elevator rope or cable, and thereby permitting the elevator, upon which he was working, to drop from the fifth floor of the building to the basement. In the fall he sustained injuries of a very serious nature and they are permanent in their character.
At the close of plaintiff’s evidence in chief, the defendant offered a demurrer thereto, which the court gave, to which action of the court the…
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