Anderson v. Meyer Bros. Drug Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Moses N. Bale, Judge. The demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Moses N. Bale, Judge. The demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained. (a) Because there was no negligence on the part of the defendant shown by the evidence in this case, (b) Because the plaintiff admitted that she signed the release pleaded in bar of the plaintiff’s action and received the consideration, and did not prove, as she alleged, that her signature thereto was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation of any kind. She having signed it, and having admitted that she signed it under circumstances when she had the opportunity to…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
This plaintiff is the daughter of John and Mary Anderson and at the time of the events to be narrated, lived with her parents in their home in Keokuk, Iowa, of which city they had been residents for many years, and through all plaintiff’s life. Her father was chief of the fire department of the city and the home of the family was above the engine room of said *558department. A block and a half away was the drug store of McGrath Brothers, of whom the Anderson family were friends and customers. Plaintiff and her sister Georgia Anderson were employed by a telephone company to work at its switchboard…
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