Goldie Construction Co. v. Rich Construction Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Oircuit Court. — Son. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1) The evidence of respondent is not sufficient to overcome the strong legal presumption that a regularly licensed attorney who appears for another has authority to do so. Patterson v. Yancey, 97 Mo. App. 681, 71 S. W. 845; Valle v. Picton, 16 Mo-. App. 181, 91 Mo. 207; Ring v. Vogel Paint & Glass Go., 46 Mo. App. 374; Robinson v. Robinson, 32 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Oircuit Court. — Son. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1) The evidence of respondent is not sufficient to overcome the strong legal presumption that a regularly licensed attorney who appears for another has authority to do so. Patterson v. Yancey, 97 Mo. App. 681, 71 S. W. 845; Valle v. Picton, 16 Mo-. App. 181, 91 Mo. 207; Ring v. Vogel Paint & Glass Go., 46 Mo. App. 374; Robinson v. Robinson, 32 Mo. App. 88; Weeks, “Attorneys at Law” (2 Ed.), sec. 196; Freeman, “Judgments” (4th Ed.), sec. 499. (2) Granting, however, that there was no authority in the attorney to accept…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
The petition in this case is in the nature of a bill in equity for the purpose of procuring an injunction against an execution issued on a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace. The Goldie and Rich Construction Companies are both Missouri business cor*150porations and Charles Mohrstadt is the constable to whom the execution was issued. In April, 1902, the Rich Construction Company filed an account before Robert Walker, a justice of the peace in the city of St. Louis, against Wm. Goldie & Sons Company, H. P. Lee and the Hill-O’M'eara Construction Company for the price of 17 piles at five…
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