Pagliara v. Gideon-Anderson Lumber Co.

Plaintiff-appellant, David R. Pagliara, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County entered December 2, 1975, which sustained “Defendant’s Motion to Quash Service of Process for Lack of Venue.” 1 Plaintiff had, on October 7,1975, filed a two-count petition against defendant Lumber Company in St. Louis County seeking damages for breach of an oral contract of employment and for violation of the service letter statute, § 290.140, RSMo 1969. Thereafter, defendant moved to dismiss for improper venue on the ground that the defendant “does not keep an office or agent for the…