Meredith v. Whillock
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Clair County Circuit Court.—Hon. C. A. Calvird, Judge. (1) The defendant’s objection to the amending of the plaintiff’s petition by interlineation should have been sustained. (2) The court admitted incompetent evidence over defendant’s objection in permitting the plaintiff to cross-examine defendant about charges and convictions in the police court. O’Connor v. Transit Co., 106 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Clair County Circuit Court.—Hon. C. A. Calvird, Judge. (1) The defendant’s objection to the amending of the plaintiff’s petition by interlineation should have been sustained. (2) The court admitted incompetent evidence over defendant’s objection in permitting the plaintiff to cross-examine defendant about charges and convictions in the police court. O’Connor v. Transit Co., 106 Mo. App. 215; Koch v. State, 3 L. R. A. (N. 0.) 1896. (3) The statute provides that any person who has been convicted of a “criminal” offense may be compelled upon cross-examination to testify relative…
1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, J.
—This is an action for damages on account of an assault and battery alleged to have been committed by the appellant upon the respondent in a barber shop at Humansville on November 3, 1911. Upon trial, the jury returned a verdict giving respondent $3000 actual and $100 punitive damages. The defendant below is appellant here.
The petition charged, -in substance, that defendant assaulted and beat the plaintiff with his fist in the face and on the head, thereby knocking plaintiff down,. and that in .falling, plaintiff’s head struck some hard substance whereby he was rendered unconscious for…
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Ex parte HollwedellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
- Utter v. SidmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
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- Commerford Ex Rel. Commerford v. KreitlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
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