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CLARK v. LINWOOD HOTEL

No. 44860.

291 S.W.2d 102 (1956)

Rae A. CLARK and Reba Wilson, Administratrices of the Estate of Thenla D. Allen, Deceased, Respondents, v. LINWOOD HOTEL, Inc., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Denied June 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde J. Linde, Robert B. Langworthy, Billy S. Sparks, Kansas City, for appellant. Langworthy, Matz & Linde, Kansas City, of counsel.

A. E. Margolin, F. Philip Kirwan, Harold H. Croghan, Kansas City, for respondents. Margolin & Kirwan, Kansas City, of counsel.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court en Banc Denied June 11, 1956.

HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

Mrs. Thenia D. Allen was injured as she attempted to alight from an automatically operated passenger elevator maintained by defendant in its apartment hotel. Her petition, predicated on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, alleged that as a direct result of negligence of defendant the elevator suddenly moved upward as she attempted to leave it, which caused her to...

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