Bent v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The application of defendant for a change of venne was made under a condition of the cause, and contained such statements of facts as entitled the applicant to an order in accordance with his prayer, as a matter of • right. Corpenny ». City of Sedalia, 57 Mo. 88-92 ; Barnes ®. McMullins, 78 Mo. 265-266 ; Mix n.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The application of defendant for a change of venne was made under a condition of the cause, and contained such statements of facts as entitled the applicant to an order in accordance with his prayer, as a matter of • right. Corpenny ». City of Sedalia, 57 Mo. 88-92 ; Barnes ®. McMullins, 78 Mo. 265-266 ; Mix n. Kepner, 81 Mo. 93-96; Ex parte B. M. Chambers, 10 Mo, App. 240. The statute provides that changes of venue shall be awarded to and from the courts of said city (St. Louis) as if were a county. R. S., secs. 3742,3733. The application was in…
1Opinion of the CourtHenby, C. J.
On all questions presented for consideration by this record, the court concurs in the opinion ■delivered by the court of appeals, from whose judgment this appeal is taken, except one, which we will hereafter ■consider. I may also remark that as to the main question, viz., the right of the receiver to recover from the ■estate of W. J. Lewis, money alleged to have been received by him as a bribe given for the betrayal of his trust, as one of the directors of the St. Louis Mutual, this court adheres to its decision in the case of Bent, Receiver, v. Priest, 86 Mo. 475.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bent v. PriestSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- Scovill v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
- Priest v. WaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- Eck ex rel. Taylor v. HatcherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Mabary v. McClurgSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
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