Van Sickle v. Katz Drug Co.

This is an action for actual and punitive damages based upon an alleged failure by the defendant to furnish the plaintiff, upon his request, a proper service letter as provided for in Section 5064, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1939. There was a judgment for plaintiff in the sum of one dollar, actual damages, and $500, punitive damages. The court instructed the jury not to allow actual damages in an amount in excess of one dollar. The defendant has appealed.

The parties will hereinafter be referred to as plaintiff and defendant.

The defendant assigns errors in the refusal of the court to give…