Missouri Court of Appeals February 15, 1881 (Buchanan v. Sahlein)

Bakewell, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The petition in this case states, in substance, that defend*554ants, on October 12, 1877, conspired together for t.he purpose of injuring plaintiff and extorting money and proprety from him by false and fraudulent pretences; that they inveigled him into the back office of Gllover & Shepley, in St.