Missouri Court of Appeals February 10, 1891 (Newland College of Obstetrics & Lying-In Institute v. Borck)

Rombauer, P. J.

The plaintiff sued the defendant before a justice for $80 tuition fee of the defendant’s niece, claiming that the tuition was given upon the defendant’s express promise to pay for the same. The defendant denied the promise, and filed a counterclaim for $190, which he claimed wa,s due to him as a balance for lectures delivered in plaintiff’s college at its request.