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BAYER v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY

Nos. 33792, 33793.

463 S.W.2d 546 (1971)

Agnes BAYER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent-Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

January 26, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. W. Sleater, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant-respondent.

Cook, Murphy, Lance & Mayer by Robert J. Koster, Thomas C. Coleman, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent-appellant.

CLEMENS, Commissioner.

The threshold issue here concerns our jurisdiction. We must determine that ourselves; it cannot be conferred by independent action of the appealing party. City of Olivette v. Graeler, Mo.App., 329 S.W.2d 275 [1, 2]. The specific jurisdictional issue is whether a plaintiff-appellant can confer jurisdiction on this court by stating in her brief that the amounts prayed for in her petition ($10,000 actual and...

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