Ostrander v. Messmer

The plaintiff had a verdict for $10,000, which the trial court set aside, specifying as the reason therefor that "the verdict is so excessive, that the jury must have entirely misapplied the evidence or been influenced by bias and prejudice." This is the second appeal in the cause. Upon the first trial the plaintiff had a verdict and judgment for $7,500, which was reversed by the St. Louis Court of Appeals and the cause remanded. [223 S.W. 438.] The suit is one for damages for alleged breach, by defendants, of a contract to issue and deliver to plaintiff ten shares of stock in the Continental…