134 Mo. App. 544 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1908
The question on this appeal is whether the following petition is good, a demurrer having been sustained to it and final judgment entered on the demurrer:
“Plaintiff for his second amended petition, by leave of court first had, for cause of action against defendants states that defendants executed, signed and delivered their promissory negotiable note for value received to R. B. Palmer & Sons, for $57 dated November 2T, 1893, due in one year after date with eight per cent interest from date to compound annually, which- note was assigned and transferred by R. B. Palmer & Sons for value received to J. J. Bick, this plaintiff, on December 9, 1902, and is attached with the original petition in this suit marked ‘Exhibit A’ and made a part of this procedure; that the principal and interest of said note is now long since past due, owing and unpaid, with damages aggregating $250,- for which amount plaintiff asks and prays for judgment against defendants with eight per cent interest to compound annually and costs of suit.”
The note declared on was attached to the petition as an exhibit. There is no brief for defendants, but we suppose the contention in favor of the demurrer is, that the petition contains no averment of a promise by defendants to pay the note; and this, it seems, would have been a good point under the early decisions enforcing the common-law rules of pleading. [Muldrow v. Tappin, 6 Mo. 277; Moore v. Platte Co., 8 Mo. 467.] It is sufficient under the code to state facts in an action in assumpsit from which a promise to pay will be implied. [Nat’l Bank v. Landis, 34 Mo. App. 433, 440.] This petition alleges the execution, signing and delivery to R. B. Palmer & Sons of a negotiable promissory note and states the principal, the date of execution, date of maturity and the interest as they are given in the note. A.promissory note is defined to be