Parker-Washington Co. v. Dennison
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Thomas J. Seehorn, Judge. The action falls within Sec. 1888, R. S. 1909, providing what actions may be brought within ten years, and falls within the first paragraph thereof, “an action upon any writing, whether sealed or unsealed, for the payment of money or property.” Miner & Frees v. Howard, 93 Mo. App. 569; Shinn v. Wooderson, 95 Mo. App. 6; Howe v. Mittelberg, 96 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Thomas J. Seehorn, Judge. The action falls within Sec. 1888, R. S. 1909, providing what actions may be brought within ten years, and falls within the first paragraph thereof, “an action upon any writing, whether sealed or unsealed, for the payment of money or property.” Miner & Frees v. Howard, 93 Mo. App. 569; Shinn v. Wooderson, 95 Mo. App. 6; Howe v. Mittelberg, 96 Mo. App. 490; Mathis v. Knapp, 45 Mo. 48; Bridges v. Stephens, 132 Mo. 549; Carr v. Thompson, 67 Mo. 476; Curtis v. Sexton, 201 Mo. 217; Ball v. Cotton Press Co., 141 Mo. 26; Knisely v.…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION.
BOND, J.
This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the trial court sustaining a demurrer to defendants’ third amended petition, on the ground that the cause of action therein alleged had accrued more than five years before the bringing of this suit. Plaintiff declined to plead further. Its suit was dismissed, from which judgment its appeal was duly taken to this court, since the amount in dispute exceeds the pecuniary limit of the jurisdiction of the Kansas City Court of Appeals.
This case turn on the question, whether the action is upon a writing for the payment of money or prop*203…
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