Butts v. National Exchange Bank
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Ho». J. T. Ne-ville, Judge. It was the duty of the defendant to keep and maintain the guard railing in a safe condition. Abutting, as this heavy, iron-barbed railing did, upon a main thoroughfare of a populous city, it constituted in its loose and unanchored condition a public nuisance and a constant menace to the passer-by. Franke v. City of St. Louis, 110 Mo. 516; Stevens v. Walpole, 76 Mo. App. 213; Kirkpatrick v. Knapp, 28 Mo.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Ho». J. T. Ne-ville, Judge. It was the duty of the defendant to keep and maintain the guard railing in a safe condition. Abutting, as this heavy, iron-barbed railing did, upon a main thoroughfare of a populous city, it constituted in its loose and unanchored condition a public nuisance and a constant menace to the passer-by. Franke v. City of St. Louis, 110 Mo. 516; Stevens v. Walpole, 76 Mo. App. 213; Kirkpatrick v. Knapp, 28 Mo. App. 427; Merrill v. St. Louis, 83 Mo. 244; Benjamin v. Ry. Co. 133 Mo. 274; Gordon v. Peltzer, 56 Mo. App. 599; Reedy v.…
1Opinion of the CourtReyburn, J.
Plaintiff sues defendant for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of defendant, predicated on the following facts: De*170fendant, a Federal banking corporation, had its place of business in the city of Springfield, in a building of which it was owner and had the care, management and control on the 20th day of September, 1901.' The building is located on the public square on the corner of Boonville • street, and the sidewalks on both sides are on principal thoroughfares of the city of Springfield. The south side of the bank building is adjacent to and abuts upon the sidewalk on the…
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- Buesching v. St. Louis Gaslight Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1880
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- Deming v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1899
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