Murphy v. Continental Supply Co.

1 Citing case

  1. Riss & Co. v. Wallace

    239 Mo. App. 979 (Mo. Ct. App. 1946)   Cited 20 times

    Wenninger v. Mitchell, 139 Mo. App. 420, 122 S.W. 1130; Hobbs v. Boatright, 195 Mo. 693, 93 S.W. 934. (d) There is substantial evidence of plaintiff's fraudulent representations inducing the contract and causing damage to defendant. Saffran v. Rhode Island Ins. Co. of Providence, R.I., (Mo. App.) 141 S.W.2d 98; Metropolitan Paving Co. v. Brown-Crummer Inv. Co., 309 Mo. 638, 274 S.W. 815; Collins v. Lindsay (Mo.), 25 S.W.2d 84; Patzman v. Howey, 340 Mo. 11, 100 S.W.2d 851; Aeolian Co. of Missouri v. Boyd, 65 S.W.2d 11;Messerli v. Bantrup, 216 S.W. 825, 826; Smithpeter v. Mid-State Motor Co., 74 S.W.2d 47; Sawyer v. Walker, 204 Mo. 133, 102 S.W. 544; Sec. 8382 (c), R.S. Mo., 1939; Sheppard v. Travelers Protective Ass'n of America, 233 Mo. App. 602, 124 S.W.2d 528; State ex rel. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America v. Shain, 339 Mo. 903, 98 S.W.2d 597; 24 Am. Jur., p. 37, Sec. 211; 37 C.J.S., p. 353, Sec. 63; 120 A.L.R., p. 1154; Boyer v. Garner, 15 S.W.2d 893. (4) Plaintiff's motion for a directed verdict on Count II of defendant's counterclaim was properly overruled as a submissible case was made on the theory of a tort action for coercion and duress. Ferguson v. Butler County, 297 Mo. 20, 247 S.W. 795; White v. McCoy Land Co., 229 Mo. App. 1019, 87 S.W.2d 672; White v. Scarritt, 341 Mo. 1004, 111 S.W.2d 18; Bushnell v. Loomis, 234 Mo. 371, 382 (II), 137 S.W. 257, 259; Farmers' State Bank v. Day, 226 S.W. 595; Deibel v. Jefferson Bank, 200 Mo. App. 541, 207 S.W. 869. Instruction C is not