# Steinger v. Smith

> Supreme Court of Missouri · July 12, 1948 · 358 Mo. 39

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3534996

## Case

- **Full name:** Joseph Steinger, Appellant, v. George R. Smith, Arthur L. Locatell, Herbert L. Glaser, William A. Gauvin, Donald Dubail and Tower Grove Bank & Trust Company, a Corporation, Respondents
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Missouri
- **Decided:** July 12, 1948
- **Citations:** 358 Mo. 39; 213 S.W.2d 396; 1948 Mo. LEXIS 546
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Addendum
- **Judges:** Bradley, Dalton, Van Osdol
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3534996

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing that the payment of money under circumstances constituting duress is tortious and “ “will render the same involuntary and entitle the party so coerced to recover the money paid....’”

## Opinion text

The foregoing opinion by VAN OSDOL, C., is adopted as the opinion of the court. All the judges concur.

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