Moore v. Platte County
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from Platte Circuit Court. 1. The declaration is radically defective, and shows no cause of action against the defendants.
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APPEAL from Platte Circuit Court. 1. The declaration is radically defective, and shows no cause of action against the defendants. The bond sued on is not stated in the declaration to have been made to the plaintiff, or to any one acting as her agent, authorized to receive it for her, and therefore it does not appear that the supposed breaches of the condition of the bond could, or did, deprive her of anything to which she had title or right. ■ — Perkins vs. Reed, administrator of Nash, &e., 8 Mo.'Rep., 33 ; 6 Ibid., 277, Muldron ws. Tappin, and authorities cited. 2. The demurrer of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Tompkins, J.,
delivered, the opinion of the Court.
On the 29th day of September, Platte county instituted an action of debt against William Moore, David Hunt and John P. Hunt, in the Circuit court of that county, and obtained a judgment, to reverse which, this appeal is prosecuted.
The first count in the declaration is in these words : “ Platte county complains of William Moore, David Hunt and John P. Hunt, of a plea that they render to the said plaintiff the sum of $1,570, &e., which they owe to, and unjustly detain from, her: for that whereas the said defendants heretofore, to wit, on the 12th…
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