Hays v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff (respondent here) in the sum of $109, rendered by a jury against defendant (appellant here) in the Circuit Court of Laclede County, Missouri, on October 6, 1939. The case was originally filed in the justice court in said county, wherein judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. Defendant thereupon appealed to the circuit court;

• The case was tried in the circuit court on the petition of plaintiff, filed in the justice court. Said petition alleged in substance that, on November 25, 1937 (which we see was Thursday), the Schumacher Commission…