Zachra v. American Manufacturing Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Hon. Eugene McQuillen, Judge. (1) The -trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for the defendant, (a) The testimony of plaintiff’s own witness, Murray and the documentary evidence, show conclusively that the defendant in this case was not in existence in the month of October, 1906, and consequently that plaintiff could not have been in its employ at that time, (b) The testimony of plaintiff’s own witnesses, and the…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Hon. Eugene McQuillen, Judge. (1) The -trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for the defendant, (a) The testimony of plaintiff’s own witness, Murray and the documentary evidence, show conclusively that the defendant in this case was not in existence in the month of October, 1906, and consequently that plaintiff could not have been in its employ at that time, (b) The testimony of plaintiff’s own witnesses, and the documentary evidence, show with equal conclusiveness that the corporation by which plaintiff was employed in October, 1906, was…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
Plaintiff brought his action against the defendant American Manufacturing Company, a corporation, averring that defendant is a corporation duly organized and existing and doing business under the laws of- the State of Missouri, and *688that it is now and at the time thereinafter mentioned in the petition, was the. owner of, and engaged in operating, a certain hemp manufacturing plant, at Ninth and Barry streets in the city of St. Louis. Averring that on October 15, 1906, and while he was in the employ of defendant at the plant above mentioned, and under the direction of defendant was engaged in…
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