HARPER v. ST. JOSEPH LEAD CO.

No. 41921.

233 S.W.2d 835 (1950)

HARPER v. ST. JOSEPH LEAD CO. et al.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

November 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. O. Swink, Farmington, for appellant.

W. Oliver Rasch, Bonne Terre, John S. Marsalek and Moser, Marsalek, carpenter, Cleary & Carter, St. Louis, for respondents.


BOHLING, Commissioner.

Thomas Z. Harper, plaintiff, instituted this action against the St. Joseph Lead Company, a corporation, Byron Ball, and L. B. Smith, defendants. Plaintiff's petition was in two counts. The first count sought $22,500 actual and $22,500 punitive damages for alleged malicious prosecution. The second count sought $1,000 actual and $4,000 punitive damages for an alleged false imprisonment. The motion of defendant Ball was sustained for a separate...

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