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28 Mo. 347

Gregg v. Robbins

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 15, 1859

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1859-03-15

Louis Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff states in his petition in substance that the defendant owes him two hundred and eighty dollars with interest from October 8, 1856, for services rendered the defendant by the plaintiff as pilot on defendant’s boat; that on the 3d day of September, 1856, “James F. Smith, the master of defendant’s boat, being duly authorized in that behalf, accounted with the plaintiff, and the sum then found to be due to the plaintiff for his services…

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Decided 1859-03-15

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RICHARDSON, Judge,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2It is not material to decide whether the action is upon a promissory note or on an account for services rendered ; for if the petition is on the note, then there is no proof that the master of the boat had authority to bind the owner in that manner, and authority for that purpose would not be implied from the relation that subsisted between the master and the owner. If the action is on account of services actually rendered, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover on his petition, as the proof showed he had been fully paid for all the services he performed. The evidence tended to show a special contract, which would have entitled the plaintiff to a verdict if he had declared on it; but the variance between the proof and petition was so great that the plaintiff had no right to go to the jury without an amendment, which he did not ask.

¶3Judgment will be affirmed.

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