United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Richey

On October 8, 1925, the Milne Lumber Company, a private corporation, recovered a judgment against T. R. Richey and R. K. Coke in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, Mo., for the sum of $8,542. In February, 1928, the appellant, claiming to be an assignee from the Milne Lumber Company, filed suit on that judgment against Richey and Coke in the district court of Cass county. The case was tried by the court without a jury, and a judgment rendered in favor of the defendants, Richey and Coke. The record of the Missouri judgment contains the pleadings of the parties. From these it appears…