More v. Clymer
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Adams, J. A failure to affix a revenue stamp does not avoid a written contract, nor render it incompetent when offered in evidence in a state court. — Jacquin v. Warren, 40 111. 459 ; Latham v. Smith, 45 111. 29 ; Craig v. Dimock, 47 111. 308 ; Bunker v. Green, 48 111. 243; Express Co. v. Harris, 48 111. 248; Wilson v. McKenna, 52 111. 43 ; Carpenter v. Snelling, 97 Mass. 452 ; Griffin v. Ranney, 35 Conn. 239 ; Hunter v. Cobb, 1 Bush,…
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Adams, J. A failure to affix a revenue stamp does not avoid a written contract, nor render it incompetent when offered in evidence in a state court. — Jacquin v. Warren, 40 111. 459 ; Latham v. Smith, 45 111. 29 ; Craig v. Dimock, 47 111. 308 ; Bunker v. Green, 48 111. 243; Express Co. v. Harris, 48 111. 248; Wilson v. McKenna, 52 111. 43 ; Carpenter v. Snelling, 97 Mass. 452 ; Griffin v. Ranney, 35 Conn. 239 ; Hunter v. Cobb, 1 Bush, 239 ; Whitehill v. Shickle, 43 Mo. 537. A contract entered into on Sunday is not, for that reason, void. — Bloom v.…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, P. J.
This suit was commenced before a justice of the peace on a promissory note for $150, executed by Jacob L. Clymer and the defendant, as joint makers, and dated January 1, 1871. The defendant appealed from the judgment of the justice, and upon trial anew in the circuit court, the note was excluded from evidence, whereupon the plaintiff took a non-suit with leave, etc. No revenue stamp was affixed to the note, and it was executed and delivered on a Sunday.
The question whether the failure to affix a revenue stamp to a contract would void the instrument, or exclude it from evidence in a state…
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- Carpenter v. SnellingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Adams v. GaySupreme Court of Vermont · 1847
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- Wilson v. McKennaIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
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