Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance v. Simons
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Vernon Circuit Court. — Hon. D. P. Stratton, Judge. (1) The note was a Kansas contract. Stix v. Matthews, 63 Mo. 373; s. c., 75 Mo. 96; Butler v. Meyer, 17 Ind. 77; Waldron v. Etchings, 3 Daly (N. Y.) 288; 9 Abbott’s Practice Reports (N. S.) 359; Staples v. Nott, 28 N. E. Rep. 515; Bank v. Southwick, 67 How. Pr. 321; Gay v. Rainey, 89 111. 221; 31 Am. Rep. 76; Cook v. Moffatt, 5 How.
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Appeal from the Vernon Circuit Court. — Hon. D. P. Stratton, Judge. (1) The note was a Kansas contract. Stix v. Matthews, 63 Mo. 373; s. c., 75 Mo. 96; Butler v. Meyer, 17 Ind. 77; Waldron v. Etchings, 3 Daly (N. Y.) 288; 9 Abbott’s Practice Reports (N. S.) 359; Staples v. Nott, 28 N. E. Rep. 515; Bank v. Southwick, 67 How. Pr. 321; Gay v. Rainey, 89 111. 221; 31 Am. Rep. 76; Cook v. Moffatt, 5 How. Pr. 295; Marvin v. McCullum, 20 Johns. 288; Briggs v. Latham, 36 Kan. 255; Hiatt v. Bank, 8 Bush (Ky.) 193; Huthsing v. Bosquet, 17 Fed. Rep. 51. (2) The note being a Kansas contract, it must be…
1Opinion of the CourtGriLL, J.
— The basis of this action is a promissory note, with interest coupons attached, purporting to *360have been executed at Fort Scott, Kansas, July 1,1885, and signed by defendant, Mrs. Simon, Sol Simon, her husband, and other parties. In addition to the matters of ordinary promise to pay, etc., the note contains this clause, to-wit: “It is further agreed and declared, that this note and the coupons hereto attached are made and executed under, and are in all respects to be governed and construed by, the laws of the state of Kansas, and are given for an actual loan of $1,200.” The ground of defense…
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