UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY v. MAGARY

No. 49933.

373 S.W.2d 16 (1963)

UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. M. D. MAGARY, d/b/a M. D. Magary Construction Company, and Chester Watters, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

December 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Ferrell, Keefe, Schlafly, Griesedieck & Ferrell, St. Louis, for appellant.

Evans & Dixon, Wm. W. Evans, John F. Evans, St. Louis, for respondent.


HOUSER, Commissioner.

Claim of indemnity by an electric company against a contractor for $100,000 paid by the electric company to an employee of the contractor for damages for personal injuries sustained when he came in contact with the electric company's 2,500 volt transmission line while performing duties of his employment. Marvin Gillam, the employee, sued Union Electric for $250,000 damages, later increasing his prayer to $325,000, for negligent infliction of...

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