YELTON v. BECKER

No. 27968.

248 S.W.2d 86 (1952)

YELTON v. BECKER et al.

St. Louis Court of Appeals. Missouri.

April 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter A. Kelly, Wm. H. Corcoran, Jr., St. Louis, for appellant Becker.

Preston Quick, St. Louis, for respondent.


HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court awarding Fred Yelton $29 actual and $500 punitive damages in a suit against Aloysius D. Becker and P. J. Fitzgerald, justice of the peace and constable, respectively, in the First District, City of St. Louis. This suit is based upon the wrongful and malicious issuance of a writ of attachment and in refusing to accept a good and sufficient forthcoming bond.

In April, 1942 Grace Reim...

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