Bertke v. Hoffman

Plaintiff brought an action in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis for personal injuries, and went to trial on a second amended petition alleging, in substance, that defendant owned and had the maintenance and control of a building on the northeast corner of Whittier Street and Enright Avenue in the city of St. Louis; that the sidewalks adjacent thereto were open and public, for the use of pedestrians; that on September 24, 1922, a piece of ridge roll fell from the roof of said building, striking plaintiff while she was walking along a sidewalk on which said building abutted,…