Milliken v. Thyson Commission Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. John A. Blevins, Judge. (1) It was manifest error to admit in evidence the portion of the answer of the appellant, which the court permitted to he read. 1. The petition alleged the respondent’s cause of action as follows: “July 14, 1903, plaintiff employed defendant through its said representative to buy for plaintiff as his agent one hundred and fifty thousand bushels of No. 2 red winter wheat, to be delivered in the month of…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. John A. Blevins, Judge. (1) It was manifest error to admit in evidence the portion of the answer of the appellant, which the court permitted to he read. 1. The petition alleged the respondent’s cause of action as follows: “July 14, 1903, plaintiff employed defendant through its said representative to buy for plaintiff as his agent one hundred and fifty thousand bushels of No. 2 red winter wheat, to be delivered in the month of December, 1903, under the rules of said Merchants’ Exchange of the City of St. Louis. Defendant accepted said…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
This is • an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, in favor of the respondent, for the sum of $10,540.78, growing out of certain transactions on the floor of the Merchants ’ Exchange of the city of St. Louis.
In order to fully understand the questions involved in the case it is necessary to set out the pleadings.
The petition is as follows:
*642“Plaintiff states that defendant, the Thyson Commission Company, is a general business corporation, organized under the laws of Missouri, and at the times of the transactions hereinafter stated was engaged through its…
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