State ex rel. American Manufacturing Co. v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Missouri
Certiorari. (i) The judgments of the St. Lonis Court of Appeals are beyond and in excess of the jurisdiction of that court and should be quashed, because therein that court did not follow or apply the last previous ruling and controlling decision of the Supreme Court rendered on the identical facts, in relation to the same relator and its business. Am. Mfg.
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Certiorari. (i) The judgments of the St. Lonis Court of Appeals are beyond and in excess of the jurisdiction of that court and should be quashed, because therein that court did not follow or apply the last previous ruling and controlling decision of the Supreme Court rendered on the identical facts, in relation to the same relator and its business. Am. Mfg. Co. v. City, 238 Mo. 267. (2) The judgments under' review on this writ should be quashed because they are in conflict with the last controlling decisions and rulings of the Supreme Court as to what payments are voluntary when made under…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, C. J.
— Certiorari to the St. Louis Court of Appeals in two 'cases, wherein the American Manufacturing Company is plaintiff and appellant, and Louis Alt is defendant and respondent. The cases were briefed and argued together in the St. Louis Court of Appeals and disposed of by that court by one principal opinion and a per curiam opinion following the principal opinion. In the principal opinion the Court of Appeals thus outlines the case it had before it:
“Plaintiff prosecutes this appeal from a judgment against it on demurrer to its petition. The petition is in three counts. The material averments…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. O'ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Claflin v. McDonoughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1863
- State ex inf. Barker v. KoelnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
- American Manufacturing Co. v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
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- Kleban v. MorrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
- Gas Service Company v. MorrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
- State Ex Rel. S. S. Kresge Co. v. HowardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
- Brink v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
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