Murphy v. Casey

In March, 1918, respondent brought an action against J. Ambrose Casey and another in the district court of St. Louis county, and such proceedings were had that, on May 8, 1918, a jury rendered a verdict in favor of respondent herein for $11,000.

Thereafter the defendants, in that action, secured a stay of all proceedings until the determination of their motion for a new trial, which was denied on September 23, 1918. They then secured an additional stay for the period of 15 days and upon the expiration of *3that time judgment was duly rendered and docketed on October 11, 1918, for $11,340.86 and…