Clements v. Greenwell

This suit was instituted before a justice of the peace in Perry county upon the following statement filed as the plaintiff’s cause of action.

“B. F. Clements, Agent for Goodspeed Publishing Company, plaintiff, against “ J. T. Grreenwell, defendant.

“ Plaintiff states that defendant, by his contract in writing, herewith filed, promised and agreed to pay to *591the Goodspeed Publishing Company, a firm composed of W. A. and C. L. Goodspeed, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of twelve dollars ‘ upon presentation or delivery by plaintiff to defendant.of a book entitled “ History of Southeast Missouri.” ’…