Standard Oil Co. v. Leaverton Auto Wrecking Co.

This is an appeal by the appellant, as plaintiff below, from a judgment of the trial court sustaining defendants’ motion to dismiss upon the ground that the petition failed to state a cause of action against the defendants (respondents).

The petition states that plaintiff is a corporation, maintaining a general office in St. 'Joseph, Missouri; that the defendants were at the times in question partners, operating under the firm name of Leaverton Auto Wrecking ’ Company, engaged in the business of buying and selling used and wrecked automobiles, auto parts and salvage metal; that on July 15,…