Supreme Court of Missouri July 9, 1919 (Ranus ex rel. Winterman v. Boatmen's Bank)

BOND, C. J.

Esther Lenore Ranus, the infant child of Arthur T. Ranus, recovered, a judgment of ten thousand dollars against the Boatmen’s Bank for alleged negligence, which caused the death of her father.

On Apiri 9, 1914, at two o’clock in the morning, the seven-story brick building at the corner of Washington Avenue and Fourth Street, in the City of St. Louis, was completely destroyed by fire.