Legal Opinion
Weisert v. Bramman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided December 13, 1948No. 40745PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[430]
HYDE, J.
This is an action for damages for the value of bonds alleged to have been obtained from plaintiff by duress. Plaintiff had a verdict for $10,000.00 actual damages, $3175.00 interest and $10,000.00 punitive damages. After remittitur of $5000.00 punitive damages, judgment was entered for $19,175.00 from wbicb defendants appealed.
Defendants contend that court should have directed a verdict,' as they requested, [431] because plaintiff did not make a case of actionable duress. Plaintiff was the second wife of Albert Weisert, who died at the age of 83 on October 26, 1940. Defendant,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Coleman v. Crescent Insulated Wire & Cable Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1943
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3Cited by28 opinions
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