Moffett-West Drug Co. v. Johnson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Clair Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Lay, Judge. The statement was and is insufficient to confer jurisdiction on the justice. Swartz v. Nicholson, 65 Mo. 508; Brashears v. Strock, 46 Mo. 221; Rosenburg v. Boyd, 14 Mo. App. 429; Nutter v. Houston, 32 Mo. App. 451; Hill v. Ore and Steel Co., 90 Mo, 103; McCrary v. Good, 74 Mo. App. 425; Reinhardt v. Kernpf, 72 Mo. App. 646; Doggett v. Blanke, 70 Mo. App. 500.
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
The plaintiff filed the following account before a justice of the peace:
“C. P. Johnson, Osceola, Missouri,
To Moffett-West Drug Company, Dr.
9-2 To mdse...................'.........51.88
21 To mdse...........................42.98
94.80’'
The question made is as to its sufficiency to base ax action upon. We think it is not sufficient. McCrary v *429Good, 74 Mo. App. 425; Doggett v. Blanke, 70 Mo. App. 500; Brashears v. Strock, 46 Mo. 221; Swartz v. Nicholson, 65 Mo. 508; Weese v. Brown, 102 Mo. 299.
Reversed.
All concur.
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Brashears v. StrockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Swartz v. NicholsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Weese v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- McCrary v. GoodMissouri Court of Appeals · 1898
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