Glencoe Land & Gravel Co. v. Hudson Bros. Commission Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. (1) Any intermeddling with, or dominion over, the property of another, which is subversive of the dominion of the true owner and in denial of his rights, or any assumption of the right .to control or dispose of the property, constitutes a conversion.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. (1) Any intermeddling with, or dominion over, the property of another, which is subversive of the dominion of the true owner and in denial of his rights, or any assumption of the right .to control or dispose of the property, constitutes a conversion. Allen v. McMonagle, 77 Mo. 478; Bolling v. Kirby, 90 Ala. 215; Johnson v. Karr, 60 N. H. 426; Balter v. Beers, 64 N. H. 102; Krome v. Dennis, 45 N. J. L. 515; Olds v. Chicago, 33 111. App. 443. (2) If a third person without lawful justification induces a party who for a consideration has contracted to…
1Opinion of the CourtMaceaklane, J.
This was an action for damages instituted in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis on November 7,1893, upon a petition as follows:
“Por cause of action plaintiff avers that the plaintiff is a corporation duly organized and doing business under the laws of the State of Illinois; that the defendants, the Hudson Brothers Commission Company, is a corporation duly organized under-the laws of the State of Missouri, and that its codefendants are its chief and only stockholders and directors; that plaintiff is seized of, and at the present time and at the times hereinafter stated, was in…
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