Welch v. McAllister

The plaintiffs are husband and wife. Mrs. Welch is an old lady about seventy years old. Her husband is a laboring man. The defendant keeps a pork house in St. Louis. The plaintiffs went to the defendant’s pork house to buy some meat, and, while walking through the store, Mrs. Welch fell through an open hatchway into the cellar beneath, and was considerably hurt. Her head was cut in two places, which had to be sewed up. One of the cuts was about three inches long. She was taken to the city dispensary and her wounds dressed. She was then taken home and lay in bed for over a week. After that she…