Wendler v. People's House Furnishing Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court — Hon. Rudolph Ilirzel, Judge. (1) The court should have sustained the demurrer to the evidence as, under the pleadings and evidence, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover for the reasons: First.
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Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court — Hon. Rudolph Ilirzel, Judge. (1) The court should have sustained the demurrer to the evidence as, under the pleadings and evidence, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover for the reasons: First. Because the plaintiff had been working at that place and using that elevator for eighteen months prior to the accident; the conditions were the same when he entered the defendant’s employ as when he was hurt, and had been the same during the intervening time; he was a man of mature years, the conditions complained of and the risks and dangers incident…
1Opinion of the Court
In Division One.
VALLIANT, J.
William Wendler, the original plaintiff, was a cabinetmaker in' the employ of defendant corporation and sued to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him in falling through an elevator-opening in defendant’s establishment.
The building in which defendant conducted its business was on the east side of Broadway in St.' Louis, fronting west, and was one hundred and thirty-five feet from front to rear. In the rear forty-five feet on the first floor there was walled off a shipping room, the partition vralls of which were composed partly of wood and partly of…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Blanton v. DolbSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Murray v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Settle v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Brannock v. ElmoreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Pauck v. St. Louis Dressed Beef & Provision Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
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- Charlton v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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