Case Name: James T. Irving, Plaintiff in Error, v. The County of St. Louis, Defendant in Error
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1863-03
Citations: 33 Mo. 575
Docket Number: 
Parties: James T. Irving, Plaintiff in Error, v. The County of St. Louis, Defendant in Error.
Judges: the other judges concurring.
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 575–575

Head Matter:
James T. Irving, Plaintiff in Error, v. The County of St. Louis, Defendant in Error.
Payment — Duress.—Claflin v. McDonough, ante p, 412, affirmed.
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas.
Flournoy and Montague, for plaintiff in error.
S. H. Gardner, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Bay, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
• This case falls within the principle maintained by this court in the case of Claflin et al. v. McDonough, decided at the present term.
We there held that a person who voluntarily pays money with a knowledge of all the facts in the case, and in the absence of fraud and duress, cannot recover it back, though the payment was without a sufficient consideration and under protest.
Let the judgment be affirmed;
the other judges concurring.