Motor Port v. Freeman
Decision Date | 19 June 1933 |
Docket Number | No. 5207.,5207. |
Citation | 62 S.W.2d 479 |
Parties | MOTOR PORT, Inc., et al. v. FREEMAN. |
Court | Missouri Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Greene County; Warren L. White, Judge.
"Not to be published in State Reports."
Action by Motor Port, Inc., and another against John W. Freeman. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
Affirmed.
Thompson & James and Wilbur J. Owen, all of Joplin, for appellants.
Foulke & Foulke, of Joplin, for respondent.
This is an action in two counts for breach of a contract entered into between plaintiffs and defendant; the contract being in words and figures as follows:
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