Cowhick v. Jackson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Thos. J. Seehorn, Judge. (1) It is essential to a valid notice of appeal from a justice’s court that a venue be laid and that the' state, county, township, or before what justice the judgment was taken he set forth. Pettingill v. Donnelly, 27 Minn. 332; Morris v. Brewster, 60 Wis. 229. (2) The judgment is not sufficiently designated if the amount of the judgment is not set out.
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Error to the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Thos. J. Seehorn, Judge. (1) It is essential to a valid notice of appeal from a justice’s court that a venue be laid and that the' state, county, township, or before what justice the judgment was taken he set forth. Pettingill v. Donnelly, 27 Minn. 332; Morris v. Brewster, 60 Wis. 229. (2) The judgment is not sufficiently designated if the amount of the judgment is not set out. Clune v. Wright, 96 Wis. 630; Beck v. Thompson, 35 Or. 182; Pettingill v. Donnelly, 27 Minn. 332. (3) The failure to state the date in a purported notice of appeal is the…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, P. J.
— This is an action on a promissory note for the sum of fifty dollars, executed *516by Nellie Gr. Shreves and W. S. Shreves, and made payable to the order of Fidelity Trust Company or John T. Jackson. The note was assigned and delivered by Jackson to Gr. Gr. Cowhick, and by him assigned to the plaintiff. Jackson endorsed the same in blank, but over his signature was the following writing: “For value received, I promise to pay the amount to Rebecca A. Cowhick.”
The suit was begun in a justice’s court where it was transferred on change of venue to another justice’s court, where trial was had and…
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- Padgett v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Hodkins v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
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- Missouri Bridge & Iron Co. v. Pacific Lime & Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1921