Seago v. Paul Jones Realty Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hob. Hugo Muench, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give and read to the jury defendant’s instruction number 1 and erred in modifying same. Kennedy v. Railroad, 36 Mo. 351; Jones v. Berry, 37 Mo. App. 125'; Howell, Jewett & Co. v. Carryl & Co., 50- Mo. App. 441. (2) The court erred in giving and reading to the jury plaintiff’s instruction number 6. McKeon v. Railroad, 42 Mo. 79 ; Pruitt v. Cheltenham Quarry Co., 33 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hob. Hugo Muench, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give and read to the jury defendant’s instruction number 1 and erred in modifying same. Kennedy v. Railroad, 36 Mo. 351; Jones v. Berry, 37 Mo. App. 125'; Howell, Jewett & Co. v. Carryl & Co., 50- Mo. App. 441. (2) The court erred in giving and reading to the jury plaintiff’s instruction number 6. McKeon v. Railroad, 42 Mo. 79 ; Pruitt v. Cheltenham Quarry Co., 33 Mo. App. 18; Lewis v. Jannopoulo, 70 Mo. App. 329. (3) The court erred in allowing plaintiff to recover punitive damages. Hull…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
This is a suit for damages accrued on account of a trespass on the part of defendant. Plaintiff recovered both actual and punitive damages, and defendant prosecutes the appeal.
Defendant, an incorporated company, is engaged in the real estate business in St. Louis, and plaintiff, desiring to rent the residence numbered 3032 Locust street, communicated the fact to defendant on March 21, 1912. One Gough was then a tenant in the property, but had defaulted in the payment of rent, and defendant had brought suit against him for possession of the premises and recovered a judgment therefor in a court…
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