Crapson v. Wallace Bros.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Schuyler Circuit Court. — Hon. J, D. Smoot, Special Judge. (1) It was shown that the machine was crowded and carelessly operated, particularly on the last day of defendants’ threshing, and it was claimed by defendants that their grain •was negligently left in the straw and blown over. . Defendants offered to prove by Jacob Miller, an • experienced thresher, that while the same machine was being operated by the same crew in precisely the same manner the next…
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Appeal from the Schuyler Circuit Court. — Hon. J, D. Smoot, Special Judge. (1) It was shown that the machine was crowded and carelessly operated, particularly on the last day of defendants’ threshing, and it was claimed by defendants that their grain •was negligently left in the straw and blown over. . Defendants offered to prove by Jacob Miller, an • experienced thresher, that while the same machine was being operated by the same crew in precisely the same manner the next day at Johnson’s threshing, that grain was blown over and wasted in a manner that would not -be done by any good machine…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
Action instituted before a justice of the peace on an assigned account for threshing certain grain, etc., by Orapson & Bass. The plaintiff had judgment in the circuit court and defendants appealed.
The defendants in their statement of the ease to the jury admitted that Orapson & Bass had threshed the number of bushels of grain at the price claimed in the plaintiff’s account. But the assignment of Bass to plaintiff was not admitted. This, the” plaintiff was compelled to prove. The defendants at the argument claimed the right to open and close the same, which was denied them by the court; and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cottrill v. KrumSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Muehlhausen v. St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. TygardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- C. P. Deatherage Lumber Co. v. SnyderMissouri Court of Appeals · 1896
- Line v. MasonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1896
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