Harriet E. Breimhorst v. William Beckman

Action in the district court for Scott county to recover damages for disfigurement suffered by plaintiff as the result of an explosion in the course of her part-time employment as a waitress by defendant John G. Andrist on premises rented by him from the defendant William Beckman. The case was tried before Joseph J. Moriarty, Judge, and a jury. At the close of the evidence the court granted the motion of defendant Beckman for a directed verdict, and the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff against defendant Andrist for $3,577.80. Plaintiff appealed from an order denying her motion for a new trial as to defendant Beckman (No. 34,727), and defendant Andrist appealed from an order denying his alternative motion for judgment or a new trial (No. 34,723).