Meux v. Haller

This is an action growing out- of a controversy over the shipment of a certain quantity of peas. The suit was instituted before a justice of the peace, where plaintiff prevailed; and upon appeal to the circuit court, and a trial de novo there, plaintiff again had judgment, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

The cause was originally instituted against one Albert S. Block, conducting a fruit and produce business in the city of St. Louis, under the name and style of A. S. Block & Company. It appears that, during the pendency of the suit in the circuit court, Block was declared to be of unsound…