Hopkins v. Harlin
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Howell Circuit Court. — Hon. William N. Evans, Judge. The only issue in this case is the agreement or contract between the parties. . The appellant says he purchased all the fees that might be received for both the March and September terms, and respondent says he sold only the fees of the September term. If there was no written contract, then the issue woiild be settled by parol testimony.
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Appeal from Howell Circuit Court. — Hon. William N. Evans, Judge. The only issue in this case is the agreement or contract between the parties. . The appellant says he purchased all the fees that might be received for both the March and September terms, and respondent says he sold only the fees of the September term. If there was no written contract, then the issue woiild be settled by parol testimony. But the terms of the contract are reduced to writing in the order given by respondent for all the fees in the cause. And this is conclusive as to the contract between the parties. There is no…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
— A. J. Hopkins, Henry Taylor, Bennett Kirkland, Lum Dean, Will Vaughn, Emmett Williams, William Wilson and Isom Wilson, in 1895, on legal process, attended the Ozark Circuit Court, as witnesses for the defendant, in a case pending in said court wherein the State was plaintiff and Ben Taylor was defendant, on an indictment for grand larceny. The venue of the cause was changed to the Douglas Circuit Court and the above named witnesses were' recognized to appear in that court to testify in said cause, at the March term, 1896, and they did appear, in obedience to the recognizance. They claimed…
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- Phoenix Insurance v. BurkettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1897