Johnson v. Corley's Administratrix
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. J. Hugo Grimm, Judge. Plaintiff is not entitled to the relief prayed for for the following reasons: (1) Even if there had been no express agreement, to pay the stenographer employed by the referee, at the instance of the plaintiff, the stenographer would still be entitled to demand his compensation before being compelled to turn over the transcript.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. J. Hugo Grimm, Judge. Plaintiff is not entitled to the relief prayed for for the following reasons: (1) Even if there had been no express agreement, to pay the stenographer employed by the referee, at the instance of the plaintiff, the stenographer would still be entitled to demand his compensation before being compelled to turn over the transcript. The stipulation entered into does not relieve plaintiff from his primary liability. (2) But the parties in the case of Johnson v. Conrades entered into an express supplemental agreement with Corley…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
Plaintiff brought this suit, alleging that he had begun an action in . the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, the action still pending and undetermined, against a large number of defendants, the title of the action being James B. Johnson, plaintiff, v. Edwin IT. Conrades et at, defendants, and numbered 42849, series A, in the causes of that court. In the progress of the cause Rhodes E. Cave, Esq., an attorney at law, was duly appointed referee by the division of the court in which the cause was pending, Division No. 9. The hearing coming on before the referee, one Thomas W. Corley was…
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- Slaughter v. DavenportSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Reifschneider v. BeckMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
- State ex rel. LaRue v. HitchcockMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Haughawout v. RoyseMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906