Groneweg & Schmoentgen Co. v. Estes
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Christian Circuit Court. — Eon. John T. Moore, Judge. This case originated before a justice of the peace and for that reason a demurrer is never allowable in it at any stage of the proceedings either before the justice or in an appellate court. Wendleton v. Kingrey, 110 Mo. App. 69; R. S. 1899, sec. 591; Lumber Co. v. Schuler & Muench, 59 Mo. App. 97; Martin v. Creech, 58 Mo. App. 393; Kane v. Dauernheim, 51 Mo.
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Appeal from the Christian Circuit Court. — Eon. John T. Moore, Judge. This case originated before a justice of the peace and for that reason a demurrer is never allowable in it at any stage of the proceedings either before the justice or in an appellate court. Wendleton v. Kingrey, 110 Mo. App. 69; R. S. 1899, sec. 591; Lumber Co. v. Schuler & Muench, 59 Mo. App. 97; Martin v. Creech, 58 Mo. App. 393; Kane v. Dauernheim, 51 Mo. App. 636. Compliance with the laws of the State will be presumed and failure to comply is purely a matter of defense. Shoe Machinery Co. v. Ramlose, 210 Mo. 649;…
1Opinion of the Court
GOODE, J. —
Plaintiff filed a statement before a justice of tbe peace, averring it was a corporation doing business under tbe laws of tbe State of Iowa, and a resident of Council Bluffs in said State; that defendant, a resident of Christian county, Missouri, on August 8, 1905, sold plaintiff three hundred cases of tomatoes, undertaking and agreeing to deliver them on board cars at Billings, Missouri, for the price of seventy-five cents per dozen cans, less one and one-half per cent of the invoice price, payable on arrival and inspection of the goods; that plaintiff at all times thereafter…
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- United Shoe Machinery Co. v. RamloseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Parlin & Orendorff Co. v. BoatmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1900
- Theobald v. Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the WorldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
- Wendleton v. KingeryMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904
- Martin v. CreechMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
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