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46 Mo. 113

Poe v. Dominic

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 15, 1870

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1870-03-15

<p>1. Practice, civil — Appeal can not be taken on mere voluntary non-suit.— Plaintiff has no.right of appeal upon a mere voluntary non-suit, to -which he was not driven hy any action of the court below.</p>

Relies on Schulter's Administrator v. Bockwinkle's Administrator · Hageman v. Moreland · Dumey v. Schoeffler

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Decided 1870-03-15

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Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently May 1912

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Bliss, Judge,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2This cause was commenced in the Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas, and, bj change of venue, transferred to the Circuit Court of the same county. The order of transfer was made upon motion of one of the defendants, and opposed by the plaintiff, who afterwards appeared in the Circuit Court, and, claiming that the proceedings in making the change were irregular, moved to remand the case. The court overruling the motion, he suffered a voluntary non-suit, and, having moved to set it aside, appeals.

¶3This is a mere voluntary non-suit, to which the plaintiff was not driven by any action of the court below, and the judgment is affirmed.

¶4“It is only where the action of the court on the trial is such as to preclude the plaintiff from a recovery that it is proper to suffer a non-suit. In no other case will this court interfere, as has been decided again and again.” (Hageman v. Moreland, 33 Mo. 86; see also Layton v. Riney, id. 87; Schulter v. Bockwinkle, 19 Mo. 647; Dumey v. Schoeffler, 20 Mo. 323.)

The other judges concur.
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