Weese v. Brown
Supreme Court of Missouri
Transferred from Kansas Oily Gourt of Appeals. This cause was transferred from the Kansas City court of appeals under section 6 of the constitutional amendment of 1884, Judge Philips being of opinion that the decision of the majority therein was in conflict with authoritative rulings of the supreme court. The report of the case is to be found, 28 Mo.
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Transferred from Kansas Oily Gourt of Appeals. This cause was transferred from the Kansas City court of appeals under section 6 of the constitutional amendment of 1884, Judge Philips being of opinion that the decision of the majority therein was in conflict with authoritative rulings of the supreme court. The report of the case is to be found, 28 Mo. App. 521.' The action was begun before a justice of the peace, and defendant concedes that the following was the account filed there on which the preceedings are based, viz.: “1884, Henry Brown to Joseph Weese, Dr., To amount due on contract for…
1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, J.
— Proceedings before justices of the peace are construed liberally in accordance with the spirit of the legislation investing them with jurisdiction.
A statement of claim, in beginning such an action as this, in such a court, need merely be definite enough to fairly inform defendant of the nature of plaintiff’s demand and to'furnish a sufficient basis for a plea of former adjudication in event a final judgment be rendered.
Such was the last authoritative ruling of the supreme court prior to the decision of the Kansas City court of appeals in this- case. Butts v. Phelps (1886), 90 Mo. 670.
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