Moffitt-West Drug Co. v. Crider

GOODE, J. This case was instituted before a justice of the peace on an open account in the following style: [110] “MOFFITT-WEST DRUG CO. Broadway and Olarlc Averme, St. Louis, Mo., Mar. 29, 1905. J. G. Crider, Hayti, Mo. To balance per statement rendered, 1904. Mar. 8, To Mdse................$ 8.29 Mar. 9 .......................... 91.55 Mar. 13 ........................ 10.73” Forty-two other items in the same form follow the foregoing. Nothing is given hut the dates of the debits and credits. What sorts of merchandise the debits represent are not shown. The case was tried before the justice of the peace and appealed to the circuit court, where defendant filed a motion for an itemized statement of the account, which motion was overruled and an exception saved to the ruling. Judgment for plaintiff was given and an appeal taken to this court. Plaintiff should have been required to file a more specific account or statement of his cause of action. The account sued on was in a form which has been frequently condemned as insufficient by the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, and we need not review the decisions on the question. They will be found cited in Rechnitzer v. Vogelsang, 117 Mo. App. 148, 93 S. W. 326. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded. All concur.