Johnson v. Geneva Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) The appellant, as creditor of'the Geneva Publishing Company, is entitled to the relief asked against, the city of St. Louis.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) The appellant, as creditor of'the Geneva Publishing Company, is entitled to the relief asked against, the city of St. Louis. Pendleton v. Perkins, 49 Mo. 565; St. Louis v. Lumber Co., 114 Mo. 87. (2) Under the terms of the contract between the parties, the city of St. Louis can not withhold money earned by the-Geneva Publishing Company, to repay itself for the increased expenditure incurred under the Star-Sayings-contract. 2 R. S. 2141; Rev. Ord. of 1887, 937. (3) The reletting of the public printing contract to the…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The city of St. Louis employed its codefendant the Geneva Publishing Company to do the city’s printing, Ben Deering being the manager of that company. After doing the printing for a while at a certain figure, its manager informed the city’s authorities that it could no longer comply with its printing contract and abandoned the same. At that time the city was owing the publishing • company some $750. Thereupon the city employed The Star-Sayings Company to do the work for the remainder of the time. Under the new contract thus entered into, the city was compelled to pay much higher prices for…
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