Cornet v. Cabrilliac
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Matt. G. Reynolds, Judge. (1) Upon this appeal, from the trial court’s order sustaining the motion for a new trial, the whole record is before this court for review.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Matt. G. Reynolds, Judge. (1) Upon this appeal, from the trial court’s order sustaining the motion for a new trial, the whole record is before this court for review. Scullin v. Railroad, 192 Mo. 5, 184 Mo. 695. (2) As the Law of 1903 (p. 161), making it a misdemeanor to offer real estate for sale “in cities of three hundred thousand inhabitants or more, ’ ’ can never, under its terms, apply to more than one city in the State, and the exigencies of the- case were not such that a general law could not have heen made applicable, it is both local…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This suit was instituted to recover the sum of $250, claimed by plaintiffs as commissions due them for selling a lot of real estate belonging to the defendants, situate in the city of St Louis.
The trial before the justice of the peace resulted in a judgment in favor of the defendants; upon an appeal to the circuit court, a trial de novo was had, which resulted1 in a judgment against four of the defendants and in favor of the defendant Amelia A. Altenbaumer,' she not having been properly served. A motion for a new trial was sustained, and plaintiffs duly appealed to this court.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Woolley v. MearsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
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- Printz v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911