MacDonald v. Wagner
Missouri Court of Appeals
■ Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. cited: Sherwood v. Railroad Go., 15 Barb. 652; Herrick v. Gatley, 1 Daly, 512; Id., 30 How. Pr. 208 ; 1 Pars, on Con. 457 ; Peltzv. Long, 40 Mo. 539. cited: 2 Bishop’s Mar. & Div., secs. 387-393 ; Waters v. Waters, 49 Mo. 385; Coats v. Robinson, 10 Mo. 757 ; 23 Mo. 457 ; 8 Johns. 29 ; 1 Chitty on Con. 28, 35, 46, 62, 70; 34 Mo. 513.
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
This was an action on a promissory note for $125, made h’y defendant to the order of plaintiff. Plaintiff testified, on his own behalf, that he was an attorney-at-law, and was employed by defendant’s wife to commence an action of divorce against her husband; that the parties to that suit became reconciled during its progress, in a measure through his offices as peace-maker; that, at the instance of the husband, he persuaded the wife to dismiss the suit, and that it was dismissed by her; and that after the suit was dismissed, the note was executed by defendant, “ for services rendered to Mrs.…
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