Landau v. St. Louis Public Service Company

*1137HYDE, J.

This action was for damages for personal injuries. Defendant’s answer contained a petition for equitable relief of specific performance of an agreement alleged to have beén made for compromise áhd settlement of the case. The court, in a separate trial of this issue, entered a decree requiring specific performance of this agreement and dismissing plaintiff’s action with prejudice. On plaintiff’s appeal, this decree was affirmed by the St. Louis Court of Appeals. (Landau v. St. Louis Public Service Co., 267 S. W. (2d) 364.) We transferred the ease here on application of plaintiff.

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