Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Columbia Terminals Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1945No. 12892PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
Franklin sued Columbia Terminals Company in negligence, for injuries received when he fell down an elevator shaft in a building owned by Columbia in St. Louis, Missouri. The jury returned a verdict for Columbia, and Franklin has appealed. Error is assigned on the court’s instructions.
Franklin was an employee of J. C. Penney Company, which was lessee from Columbia of the third and fourth floors and most of the first floor of the building. The remainder of the first floor and all of the mezzanine and second floors were retained by Columbia for its own purposes.1
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Orcutt v. Century Building Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Lambert Ex Rel. Lambert v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1936
- Bartlett v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
- United States ex rel. McDermott v. JaegerSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Lahtinen v. Continental Building Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1936
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Standard Title Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Donald F. RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Underwriters Salvage Co. Of New York v. Davis & Shaw Furniture Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- El Paso Electric Co. v. SurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
- Hansen v. CreedonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
- Nixon v. Life Insurance Company of VirginiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
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