Scheibel v. Hillis

SEILER, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether plaintiff’s petition in a case where plaintiff was shot by a third person with a weapon kept by defendant in her house states a claim upon which relief can be granted. The trial court held it did not,1 which was affirmed by the court of appeals, St. Louis district. We transferred the case on application of plaintiff, Art. V, Sec. 10,1945 Missouri Constitution. We reverse and remand.

Borrowing the language of the court of appeals reducing the petition to its simplest terms,2 plaintiff alleges that on or about February 14, 1972, in the…