Finley v. St. Louis Refrigerator & Wooden Gutter Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Si. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. George W. Lttbke, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing plaintiff ’ s instruction number 10 (page 67 of transcript). There ivas no-conflict in the evidence as to the new contract between plaintiff and defendants extending the time of payment. This was a vital point in the case, and the-refusal of the court so to instruct the jury was-error, most prejudicial to the plaintiff’s case.
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Appeal from Si. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. George W. Lttbke, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing plaintiff ’ s instruction number 10 (page 67 of transcript). There ivas no-conflict in the evidence as to the new contract between plaintiff and defendants extending the time of payment. This was a vital point in the case, and the-refusal of the court so to instruct the jury was-error, most prejudicial to the plaintiff’s case. (2) Plaintiff’s instruction number 11, refused by the-court, was fully warranted by the evidence, was a correct declaration of the law applicable to the…
1Per curiam
This case presents two causes of action; the first, for an “unlawful and wrongful” arrest and imprisonment, and the second for malicious prosecution of the plaintiff in the St. Louis court of criminal correction, on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. The-answer was a general denial.
At the trial, plaintiff’s evidence disclosed that he had been arrested upon a warrant, regularly issued in a criminahprosecution before the St. Louis court of criminal correction, upon information duly filed.
The court admitted, against plaintiff’s objection, evidence that he was not of good credit at…
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