HAMILTON v. ROSS

No. 45773.

304 S.W.2d 812 (1957)

Henry HAMILTON, Respondent, v. Neal J. ROSS and Carl B. Rechner, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Arthur C. Popham, Sam Mandell, Kansas City, for respondent. Popham, Thompson, Popham, Mandell & Trusty, Kansas City, of counsel.


COIL, Commissioner.

A jury awarded Henry Hamilton $20,000 as damages for personal injuries sustained when he fell down stairsteps in a Kansas City apartment building owned and managed by appellants Ross and Rechner, respectively. Appellants, herein called defendants, have appealed from the ensuing judgment and contend that the trial court erred in ruling that respondent, herein called plaintiff, made a submissible case, in instructing the jury, and in permitting prejudicial...

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