Johnson v. Duensing

The appeal in this case was originally taken to the Supreme Court. An opinion written by Hon. Samuel A. Dew, sitting as Special Commissioner, was adopted by Division No. Two as the opinion of the Court. Later the court on its own motion transferred the case to the court En Banc where it was held that the amount in dispute did not exceed the sum of $7,500, resulting in transfer of the case to this court. Johnson v. Duensing et al., 332 S.W.2d 950. The opinion prepared by Judge Dew, for many years a member of this court, so clearly expresses our own views of the case that we adopt it as our…