National City Bank v. Carleton Dry Goods Co.

Respondent, plaintiff below, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, against appellant, a corporation, to recover the balance due on four notes aggregating $100,000, signed by the Ferguson-McKinney Manufacturing Company, also a corporation, by its president, Forrest Ferguson. Upon a trial before a jury plaintiff secured a verdict and judgment in the sum of $63,938.66. From this judgment defendant, Carleton Dry Goods Company, appealed.

Appellant challenged the sufficiency of respondent's petition at all stages of the proceedings and asserts in this court that…