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RUPPEL v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY

No. 52118.

423 S.W.2d 752 (1968)

James F. RUPPEL and Hester S. Ruppel, (Plaintiffs) Respondents, v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY, a Corporation, (Defendant) Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied February 12, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer, Hines & Petri, Columbia, for plaintiffs-respondents.

John C. Kibbe, California, J. A. Fraser and F. W. Schwarz, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied February 12, 1968.

WELBORN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal by Ralston Purina Company from a judgment, entered on a jury's verdict, awarding James F. Ruppel and Hester S. Ruppel actual damages of $25,000 and punitive damages of $15,000 for injury to their property resulting from the operation of Ralston Purina's turkey processing plant in the City of California, Missouri.

In 1955, James F...

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