Brown Motor Sales Co. v. Daugherty

This case originated in a Justice of the Peace Court in Cape Girardeau County, on April 27, 1935.

The suit was one in replevin for possession of a certain described Plymouth sedan alleged to be of the value of $25 and judgment was asked for its possession, together with $64.20 damages.

The statement and affidavit filed by plaintiff was patterned after the form prescribed by Section 2550, Revised Statutes of Missouri,. 1929 (Mo. Stat. Ann., sec. 2550, p. 2546) and was made on a printed blank with certain parts written in with pen and ink, with the ludicrous result that the plaintiff, an Illinois…