Legal Opinion

Blackhawk Hotels Co. v. Bonfoey

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 22, 1955No. Nos. 15292, 15294PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

Bonfoey, plaintiff below, and hereinafter so designated, brought this action against Blackhawk Hotels Company, hereinafter called Blackhawk, operator of the Lowry Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Haughton Elevator Company, hereinafter called Haughton, which had contracted to maintain the elevators in the Lowry Hotel, for damages suffered in the fall of a passenger elevator in the Lowry Hotel, which elevator the plaintiff was riding as a paying hotel guest. Liability is predicated upon negligence. The jury by answers to special interrogatories found both…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Pendergrass v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
  3. Pacific Fire Insurance v. Kenny Boiler & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
  4. Barnes v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
  5. Wolfmeyer v. Otis Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1953

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Page v. SloanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  2. Daniel L. SHULL, Appellant, v. DAIN, KALMAN & QUAIL, INC., a Corporation, and Harry Ware, AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
  3. UMC, INC. v. Coonrod Elec. Co., Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1983
  4. Armco Steel Corporation, a Corporation v. Realty Investment Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
  5. Otis Elevator Company, a Corporation v. Dorothy Yager, Trustee of the Estate of Harry Yager, DecedentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959

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