Wall v. Philip A. Rohan Boat, Boiler & Tank Co.

In the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis the plaintiff obtained a $10,000 verdict against the defendant for personal injuries sustained while in defendant's employ. The trial court sustained defendant's motion for new trial and from that order plaintiff appealed. The court sustained said motion on the ground, stated of record, that it had erred in not sustaining defendant's demurrer to the evidence, offered at the close of the case, and this because, as appears from a memorandum filed by the court, the court concluded that the negligence causing plaintiff's injury was that of a fellow…