State v. Curry
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
HOUSER, Commissioner.
Charged under the Second Offender Act and convicted by a jury of operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, § 560.175, subd. 1., V.A.M.S., Leon Curry was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
On this appeal his sole point is that the court erred in allowing Johnny Hobbs to give parol testimony that he was the owner of the automobile in question, over objection that the certificate of title is the best evidence of ownership and absent a showing that the certificate was unavailable.
This question is foreclosed by the previous decisions of this Court, State v.…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. TateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
- Aviation Enterprises, Inc. Ex Rel. Jones v. ClineMissouri Court of Appeals · 1965
- State v. TownsendSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- Fairbanks-Morse Co. v. Coulson Stock Food Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1910
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