Moffett-West Drug Co. v. Johnson

Moffett-West Drug Company v. Chas. P. Johnson

Moffett-West Drug Co. v. Johnson, 80 Mo. App. 428 (1899)

Court: Missouri Court of Appeals · State Appellate Courts
Decided: May 8, 1899
Judges: Ellison
Citations: 80 Mo. App. 4281899 Mo. App. LEXIS 182
Disposition: Reversed.

Cited by 3

Headnotes

Justices’ Courts: sufficiency of statement: jurisdiction: void judgment. A statement set out in the opinion is held insufficient in an action before a justice of the peace.

Summary

Appeal from the St. Clair Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Lay, Judge. The statement was and is insufficient to confer jurisdiction on the justice. Swartz v. Nicholson, 65 Mo. 508; Brashears v. Strock, 46 Mo. 221; Rosenburg v. Boyd, 14 Mo. App. 429; Nutter v. Houston, 32 Mo. App. 451; Hill v. Ore and Steel Co., 90 Mo, 103; McCrary v. Good, 74 Mo. App. 425; Reinhardt v. Kernpf, 72 Mo. App. 646; Doggett v. Blanke, 70 Mo. App. 500.

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Opinion of the Court — Ellison

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ELLISON, J.

The plaintiff filed the following account before a justice of the peace:

“C. P. Johnson, Osceola, Missouri,

To Moffett-West Drug Company, Dr.

9-2 To mdse...................'.........51.88

21 To mdse...........................42.98

94.80’'

The question made is as to its sufficiency to base ax action upon. We think it is not sufficient. McCrary v *429 Good, 74 Mo. App. 425 ; Doggett v. Blanke, 70 Mo. App. 500 ; Brashears v. Strock, 46 Mo. 221 ; Swartz v. Nicholson, 65 Mo. 508 ; Weese v. Brown, 102 Mo. 299 .

Reversed.

All concur.

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Rechnitzer v. Vogelsang93 S.W. 326 (Mo. Ct. App. 1906)
Rundelman v. John O'Brien Boiler Works Co.161 S.W. 609 (Mo. Ct. App. 1913)
Steele v. Ancient Order of Pyramids103 S.W. 108 (Mo. Ct. App. 1907)

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Rundelman v. John O'Brien Boiler Works Co.161 S.W. 609 (Mo. Ct. App. 1913)
Steele v. Ancient Order of Pyramids103 S.W. 108 (Mo. Ct. App. 1907)
Rechnitzer v. Vogelsang93 S.W. 326 (Mo. Ct. App. 1906)

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Authorities cited 4

Depth	Case	Cited by
	Brashears v. Strock, 46 Mo. 221 (1870)	36
	Swartz v. Nicholson, 65 Mo. 508 (1877)	17
	Weese v. Brown, 102 Mo. 299 (1890)	16
	McCrary v. Good, 74 Mo. App. 425 (1898)	4

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