Maupin v. Virginia Lead Mining Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
JError to Gasconade Circuit Court. — Hon. A. J. Seay, Judge. This was a suit by attachment upon an account for services rendered by the plaintiff, as attorney at law, and expenditures made by him in connection with such services.
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JError to Gasconade Circuit Court. — Hon. A. J. Seay, Judge. This was a suit by attachment upon an account for services rendered by the plaintiff, as attorney at law, and expenditures made by him in connection with such services. The instruction asked by the defendant and refused by the court, and commented upon in the opinion, was as follows: “ If the jury believe from the evidence that the plaintiff rendered the services and paid the expense claimed by him, in consideration that F. A. and N. Sands should endeavor to sell certain mining properties of plaintiff and one Locke in London, and…
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On Rehearing.
Sherwood, J.
A glance at this voluminous mass of ill-assorted papers, called by the courtesy a record, shows this cause, though tried in Gasconade, originated in Franklin county. Objections which were thought to exist, and which, if valid, would well have warranted a reversal of the judgment, under a more careful examination of the record, have disappeared. Our attention will, therefore, be directed to the merits of the cause in order to discover if any error, materially affecting the merits of the action, occurred during the progress of the trial.
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