JENNINGS v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

No. 45966.

307 S.W.2d 464 (1957)

Opal JENNINGS, Administratrix of the Estate of Edward P. Jennings, Deceased, and Opal Jennings, Appellants, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Inc., a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

December 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Warmann, St. Louis, Gerst & Londoff, Pine Lawn, for appellants.

John Mohler, George J. Meiburger, St. Louis, for respondent.


WESTHUES, Judge.

Edward P. Jennings and Opal Jennings, as husband and wife, instituted this suit in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, against the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Inc., to recover $2,900 actual and $10,000 punitive damages. The trial court sustained defendant's motion to dismiss on the ground that the petition failed to state a cause of action. An appeal was taken to this court. However, before the appeal was taken, Edward P...

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