Supreme Court of Missouri March 30, 1900 (Lee v. Publishers Knapp & Co.)

BRACE, P. J.

On the 12th of September, 1892, General Robert E. Lee, a boy about 12 years of age, generally known by the name of Willie, was killed by a fall from the cage or car of an elevator belonging to and being operated by defendant in its five story building on the corner of Third and Chestnut streets in the city of St. Louis.