Thrasher v. Greene County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — C. V. Buckley, Esq., Special Judge. This suit is based, upon a contract in writing between the law firm of Thrasher & Young and Greene county, made December 31, 1878, and a supplemental contract of July 15, 1880, both made by the county court of Greene county in behalf of the county, and entered of record. This action was originally begun in the county court of Greene county.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — C. V. Buckley, Esq., Special Judge. This suit is based, upon a contract in writing between the law firm of Thrasher & Young and Greene county, made December 31, 1878, and a supplemental contract of July 15, 1880, both made by the county court of Greene county in behalf of the county, and entered of record. This action was originally begun in the county court of Greene county. That court refused to allow the fee for which the contract provided, and the cause was appealed to the circuit court of Greene county. That court rendered judgment in favor of the…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
When this cause was here on the former appeal, this court held that the county court had ample power to make the contract sued on, and that the defense that the suit brought by plaintiff’s firm was useless, because this court had held the subscription void in State ex rel. Wilson v. Garroutte, 67 Mo. 446, was not tenable. The bonds had been held valid by the United States circuit court. The decision in Wilson v. Garroutte was by a divided court, two of the judges dissenting.
Counsel for the defendant makes no point in his brief or argument upon the action of the circuit court in excluding…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thrasher v. Greene CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
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