Legal Opinion

Garvin's Administrator v. Williams

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 15, 1872PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. There is no evidence to support the verdict, and it must not stand. (Spieely v. True, 14 Ind. 437 ; McDaniel v. Parks, 19 Ark. 671; Hicks v. Maness, id. 701; Peoria Bridge v. Loomis,20 111. 235; Beal v. Cunningham, 42 Me. 362 ; Pool v. Huff,-20 Gra. 671; Miller v. Ratliff, 14 Ark. 419; Hunnewell v.Hobart, 40 Me. 28 ; Hall v. Wight, 9 Rich., Law, 392 ; Mattox v. Bryan, 19 Gra. 157 ; Eveleth v. Harmon, 33 Me. 275; Derwort v. Loomer, 21…

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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. There is no evidence to support the verdict, and it must not stand. (Spieely v. True, 14 Ind. 437 ; McDaniel v. Parks, 19 Ark. 671; Hicks v. Maness, id. 701; Peoria Bridge v. Loomis,20 111. 235; Beal v. Cunningham, 42 Me. 362 ; Pool v. Huff,-20 Gra. 671; Miller v. Ratliff, 14 Ark. 419; Hunnewell v.Hobart, 40 Me. 28 ; Hall v. Wight, 9 Rich., Law, 392 ; Mattox v. Bryan, 19 Gra. 157 ; Eveleth v. Harmon, 33 Me. 275; Derwort v. Loomer, 21 Conn. 245; Zeigler v. Scott, 10 Gra. 389; Baker v. Stone, 36 Mo. 338 ; State v. Burnside, 37 Mo. 343 ; Alexander v.…

1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge

The instructions given by the court on the trial of this cause ’Were unexceptionable, provided there was evidence sufficient to *211justify them. When this cause was here before w.e held that a transaction like the will in question, between a guardian and ward, could not stand if the period between the making of the will and the coming of age of the ward was short, unless the circumstances showed in the most satisfactory manner, and beyond a reasonable doubt, the most entire good faith on the part of the guardian. (Garvin v. Williams, 44 Mo. 465.) When a ward has but recently arrived at age, any…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Shailer v. BumsteadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  2. Garvin's Adm'r v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
  3. Dickey v. MalechiSupreme Court of Missouri · 1839
  4. Tingley v. CowgillSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Loehr v. StarkeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
  2. Daniel v. TolonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  3. Lynn v. HookadaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  4. Kumpe v. CoonsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
  5. In re Assessment of Collateral Inheritance Tax in Estate of LankfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917

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