Cheek v. National Life Insurance Co. of the United States
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Gircuit Court of the City of St. Louis. —Hon. J. Hugo Grimm, Judge. (1) Defendant’s request for peremptory instructions 1 and 2 should have been granted, because: 1. Plaintiff failed to prove the value of his services. Van Zandt v. St. Louis Wholesale t Grocery Co., - Mo.. App.-, 190 S. W. 1050; Bradner v. Rockdale Power Co., 115 Mo. App. 102, 91 S. W. 997; Woodward v. Donnell, 146 Mo. App.. 119, 123 S. W. 1004; Dobbin v. Dobbin, -M'o.
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Appeal from the Gircuit Court of the City of St. Louis. —Hon. J. Hugo Grimm, Judge. (1) Defendant’s request for peremptory instructions 1 and 2 should have been granted, because: 1. Plaintiff failed to prove the value of his services. Van Zandt v. St. Louis Wholesale t Grocery Co., - Mo.. App.-, 190 S. W. 1050; Bradner v. Rockdale Power Co., 115 Mo. App. 102, 91 S. W. 997; Woodward v. Donnell, 146 Mo. App.. 119, 123 S. W. 1004; Dobbin v. Dobbin, -M'o. App.-, 204 S. W. 918; Bishop & C. Co. v. Kloss, 177 Mo. App. 412, 164 S. W. 127; Porch v. Pollock, 174 Mo. App.. 427, 160 S. W. 815; Gardner v.…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
— Plaintiff commenced his action before a justice of the peace to recover $125 for services alleged to have been rendered by him in investigating, inspecting and settling claims against the National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America, the employment, as it is averred, coming through one O. P. Kirkwood, general agent for the company at St. Louis. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff before the justice, defendant appealed to the circuit court, where on a trial before the court and a jury a verdict *538was returned in favor of plaintiff for $125, judgment following', from which…
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- Wagner v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Carrere v. DunAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1896
- Gillen v. HaleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- New York Life Insurance v. GoodrichMissouri Court of Appeals · 1898
- Van Zandt v. St. Louis Wholesale Grocer Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1916
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