Belcher v. Mulhall & Scaling

Stayton, Associate Justice.

Mulhall & Scaling, who were dealers in cattle doing business in St. Louis, Ho., brought this action to recover damages from Belcher for an alleged breach of contract.

They in substance alleged that on the 15th of June, 1880, they purchased from the appellant one thousand five hundred and twenty-eight head of beeves, paying him therefor .$20 per head, and that in the same trade they purchased the “ trade and influence” of the appellant, for which they paid him the additional sum of $2.75 upon each animal so bought from him, which in the aggregate amounted to $4,202.

It…