Schreiner, Flack & Co. v. Orr
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court, — Hon. Leroy B. Yalliant, Judge. The court committed no error in making alterations to the instruction offered by appellants, nor in giving the instructions offered by respondent. Mulford v. Ccesar, 53 Mo. App. 271; Kill v. Johnson, 38 Mo. App. 393; Crawford v. Spencer, 92 Mo. 498.
1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.
The appellants filed in the probate court for allowance a note for $500, made to them by L. C. Wilson, respondent’s intestate, on the fifteenth day of May, 1890. This claim was allowed in the probate court, from which decision the respondent administrator appealed to the circuit court, where a yerdict was rendered in his favor. The defense to the note, both in the probate and circuit courts, was that it was. given for an illegal consideration, i. e., for speculations on the differences in the market value of wheat bought and sold without any intention of delivery. The evidence tended to show…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mulford v. CæsarMissouri Court of Appeals · 1893
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