State ex rel. Spaulding v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon» James E. Withrow, Judge. (1) This suit being brought for breaches of the condition of a bond, it was not necessary for appellants to plead the payments made by the constable Peterson to relator. Wheeler & Wilson Mfg.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon» James E. Withrow, Judge. (1) This suit being brought for breaches of the condition of a bond, it was not necessary for appellants to plead the payments made by the constable Peterson to relator. Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co. v. Tinsley, 75 Mo. 458. (2) If it was necessary to plead the payments made by constable Peterson to relator on account of his fees, then it was error in the circuit court to refuse to allow appellants leave to amend their answer, so as to set up such payments, and make their answers conform to the evidence. They asked this in…
1Opinion of the Court
IN DIVISION ONE.
Macfarlane, J.
Relator Spaulding was a justice of the peace in the city of St. Louis from November 8, 1888, to December 1, 1890, during which time defendant Peterson was constable of the same district. As constable said defendant at the beginning of his term gave a bond in the sum of $5,000, with the other defendants as securities. The action is by relator, upon said bond, to recover the full amount of the penalty thereof. The amended petition, upon which the case was tried, contains over one thousand, six hundred counts, and each count charges three separate breaches of the…
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