American Institute of Marketing Systems, Inc. v. Ward

WEIER, Commissioner.

Suit upon a written contract and note. Plaintiff has appealed from a circuit court judgment sustaining the non-resident defendant’s motion to quash summons and the return of service. The circuit court determined that defendant had terminated the contract which contained a clause appointing a Missouri resident as agent to receive process. And thus the agency had been terminated prior to service of summons on the agent. Upon sustaining the motion to quash, the court dismissed plaintiff’s petition without prejudice. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff American Institute of…