Rohrmoser v. Household Finance Corp.

This suit was begun by plaintiff in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, on November 27, 1932, by the filing of her petition, naming the Household Finance Corporation and Earl Lowry as defendants. Later, the petition was amended by dismissing as to Lowry and reducing her prayer for damages to $1000 actual and $2000 punitive damages.

Her amended petition in substance averred the following:

That the defendant is a Missouri corporation engaged in the loan business in St. Louis city and elsewhere; that on March 16, 1932, she and her husband were indebted to defendant in the sum of…