Saunders v. Brosius
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Common Pleas Court of Daviess County. The facts stated in the second count of the petition do not constitute a substantive cause of action, they could only be considered as to the measure of damages, hut such damages were too remote. (Douglas vs. Stephens, 18 Mo., 366.)
1Opinion of the CourtVories, Judge
*51The respondent in this action brought his suit against the appellant, in the Daviess Court of Common Pleas, to recover for the conversion of certain goods in the petition named.
The petition had two separate counts, by the first of which it is stated that the defendant was the proprietor and keeper of a tavern or hotel and house of public entertainment in the town of Hamilton, in Caldwell County. That on the 11thof April, 1868, the plaintiff, who was then a traveler passing through said town, put up and stayed all night at said Hajtel. That at the time he stopped at said Hotel, he left and…
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