Ryan v. Hughes
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis' City Circuit Court. — Eon. William, M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) The judgment of the justice of the peace is for a sum in excess of the amount claimed and prayed for in the complaint; therefore the justice of the peace had no jurisdiction to render such' judgment. (2) Margaret Gr. Ryan, the plaintiff herein and the defendant in said case of Annie Hughes v. Margaret Gr.
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Appeal from the St. Louis' City Circuit Court. — Eon. William, M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) The judgment of the justice of the peace is for a sum in excess of the amount claimed and prayed for in the complaint; therefore the justice of the peace had no jurisdiction to render such' judgment. (2) Margaret Gr. Ryan, the plaintiff herein and the defendant in said case of Annie Hughes v. Margaret Gr. Ryan, before justice Slater, was a resident of the city of St. Louis at the time that said case was transferred by justice Krueger to justice Slater, and was a resident of the city of St. Louis during all…
1Opinion of the Court
BECKER, J.,
(after stating the facts). — The evidence clearly shows that Margaret G. Ryan, the defendant in the cause before the justice, was a resident of the city of St. Louis at the time the cause was transferred by change of' venue to another justice, and that she was a resident. of the said city during all the time from that date to the date of the rendition of the judgment. The notice that the cause had been transferred by change of venue and had been set for hearing, and giying the date thereof, required by section 7483, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1909, the compliance with which was…
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