Boggs v. Pacific Steam Laundry Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Transferred from St. Louis Court of Appeals. Oral contracts for life have been upheld by the appellate courts of Missouri in the following cases: Poster v. McO’Blenis, 18 Mo. 88. This cause quoted with approval by Phillips, J., in Winters v. Cherry, 78 Mo. 344; Self v. Cordell, 45 Mo. 345; Blanton v. Knox, 3 Mo. 342; Suggett’s Admr. v. Cason’s Admr., 26 Mo. 221; Harrington v. K. C. Cable Co., 60 Mo. App. 223.
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This case was certified to this court by the St. Louis Court of Appeals, under section 6 of the amendment of 1884 to article 6 of the Constitution, because one of the judges of that court deemed the decision contrary to previous decisions of this court and of the Kansas City Court of Appeals, and it is made the duty of this court, by the provision of the Constitution quoted, to rehear and determine the ease, as in case of jurisdiction obtained by ordinary appellate process.
The petition alleges that for two years prior to December 8, 1888, the plaintiff was employed by the defendant ; that on…
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- Bailey v. McGinnissSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
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