Rheinhart v. Grant
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court, I-Ion. Turner A. Gill, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion. I. The purport of the letter, written by defendants, could not be explained by the parol evidence of the defendants. 1 Greenl.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court, I-Ion. Turner A. Gill, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion. I. The purport of the letter, written by defendants, could not be explained by the parol evidence of the defendants. 1 Greenl. Evid., sects. 87, 88, 463, 466; Chamorgan v. Quisse, 1 Mo. 141; Ashley v. Bird, 1 Mo. 640; Bunce v. Beck, 43 Mo. 266; Qarnhart v. Finney, 40 Mo. 449. Defendants should not have been permitted to explain to the jury that they meant nothing by the verbal threats made to the witness Brown, as to seeing that plaintiffs should receive no part of their debt. Goalee n.…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
This is a suit in attachment founded upon an affidavit alleging the usual statutory grounds, to which a plea in abatement was filed by the defendants, and a trial by a jury had, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendants. The only issue and ground of attachment upon which any evidence was adduced at the trial was that the defendants were about fraudulently to convey or assign their property or effects so as to hinder or delay their creditors. Upon this there was testimony either. way, plaintiffs *157relying principally on the following letter from defendants :
“Kansas City, Mo,
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Miller v. AndersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1885
- Exchange Bank of St. Louis v. CooperSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
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