JACOBS v. STONE

No. 45535.

299 S.W.2d 438 (1957)

Millie JACOBS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James STONE and Frances Stone, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

March 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Crichton, Kansas City, for plaintiff-appellant.

W. M. Stringer, W. B. Stone, Moberly, for defendants-respondents.


VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

This is an action to recover $15,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in falling into a hole on premises occupied by plaintiff as defendants' tenant. It is inferred that at some former time there was a well near the rented building which had been filled to the level of the surrounding area; and that plaintiff, in walking through the area, stepped on and broke through the crust of the surface immediately over the site of...

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