Murphy v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Greene Circuit Court. The motion in arrest should not have been overruled, even if the Common Pleas Court had jurisdiction of the cause. The act of the plaintiffs in amending their petition and suing for fifty dollars only, thereby ousted the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court. (R. C. 1855, § 8, p. 533 ; Webb v. Tweedie, 30 Mo. 488.)
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
The plaintiffs filed their petition in the Probate and Com*111mon Pleas Court of Greene county, founded on a wrongful taking of three head of beef cattle of the value of fifty.,dollars ; and, after answer denying the petition, there was a change of venue to the Circuit Court of the county of Greene. At the July term, 1864, the plaintiffs filed an amended petition, claiming the sum of fifty dollars for three head of beef cattle sold and delivered to the defendant. The answer admitted the purchase of the cattle, but alleged that they were bought by the defendant as the agent of Leonidas C.…
2Cited by1 opinion
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