Ilgenfritz v. Missouri Power & Light Co.

This is an action for personal injury alleged to have been caused, September 19, 1932, by a fall upon a slick floor. At the close of plaintiff's case the court gave and read to the jury a peremptory direction to find for defendant. Thereupon plaintiff took an involuntary nonsuit with leave to move to set the same aside. Motion to set aside was duly filed, but was overruled and plaintiff appealed from the judgment of dismissal.

This case was heard in Division One, but was transferred to the court en banc because the judges of that division were equally divided on the two divisional opinions.…