Allen v. Chouteau
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Si. Lotois City Circuit Court. — ■'Ron. J. A. Seddon, Judge. (1) The ruling below with respect to the measure of damages was erroneous.
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Appeal from Si. Lotois City Circuit Court. — ■'Ron. J. A. Seddon, Judge. (1) The ruling below with respect to the measure of damages was erroneous. (2) The ruling whereby plaintiffs were allowed to recover only a part of the respective sums found to have been paid by their tes-, tator in compliance with the defendant’s letter, on lands therein mentioned and embraced in the decree of foreclosure, was erroneous. 1 Addison on Cont. [ 8 Ed.] *182; 2 Parsons on Cont. [ 7 Ed.] *499, 501, note u 5 Connor v. Railroad, 59 Mo. 293. (3) In ascertaining defendant’s meaning, that construction of his…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
— This is an action brought by the executors of Thomas Allen against Charles P. Chouteau to recover over $24,000, because of moneys expended by Allen in the payment of taxes on some two hundred thousand acres of land in the counties of Scott and Stoddard for the years 1871 to 1878, both inclusive. The cause of action is founded on a letter from Chouteau to Allen. The cause was heard by a referee, upon whose report judgment was entered for the plaintiffs for the sum of $20,659, and from which judgment both parties have appealed. As it is insisted by defendant that the proposal made by the…
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