Kapper v. National Engineering Co.

GAERTNER, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from an order sustaining defendant’s motion to dismiss because of improper venue.1

Plaintiff, Barbara Kapper, daughter of Haskel R. Bliss, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, alleging that defendant, National Engineering Company, was responsible for the wrongful death of her father which allegedly occurred in Maries County, Missouri. Plaintiff is a resident of the City of St. Louis and defendant is a Delaware corporation which maintains no office or agent for transaction of usual and customary business anywhere in Missouri.…