Senter v. Bowman

We are asked to reconsider and modify our opinion and judgment in this cause, given at a former day of this term. Upon examination of the record, we find that there is an error in the proceedings below, which was overlooked b.y counsel and by the Court, which makes it proper 'for the attainment of justice, that the former opinion of the case be modified, and the judg*15ment rendered be set aside. The following is therefore the opinion of the Court as modified:

Senter & Co. sued W. C. Bowman before a Justice of the Peace in Gibson county, on the following contract :

“St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 2, 1867.

“$…