Legal Opinion
Blackwell v. Laird and Laird
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 25, 1942PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAVE, J.-
— This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County against plaintiff (appellant), and in favor of defendants (respondents). The cause was tried to the court sitting as a jury and on an agreed statement of facts. The essential facts, briefly stated, are:
The plaintiff was a farmer in Jackson County, and one of his farm hands stole ten head of his cattle and transported them by truck from his farm to the Kansas City Stock Yards, and sold them to two established live stock traders, Cahill and Swoboda; thereafter, Cahill, in the usual course of business at the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Stafford v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Tagg Bros. & Moorhead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Nanson v. JacobSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Mohr v. LanganSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- United States v. Union Livestock Sales Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
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