Legal Opinion
Henry v. Mount Pleasant Township of Bates County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided October 15, 1879PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Appeal from Bates Circuit Court.—Hon. F. P. Wright, Judge. cited Wag. Stat., §§ 2, 4, p. 1001; Boston, &c., R. R. v. Portland, &c., R. R., 119 Mass. 498; N. Y. Dry Dock Co.v. Treadwell, 19 Wend. 525; 1 Chitty, (15 Am. Ed.) p. 9, note 2; Beach v. Hotchkiss, 2 Conn. 697; Stedman v. Shelton, 1 Ala. 86. cited Parsons on Contracts, (3 Ed.) vol. 1, pp. 25, 26; vol. 2, pp. 127, 128, 129; Morrow v. Starke, 4 J. J. Marsh. 367; Clark v. Cable, 21 Mo. 223.
1Opinion of the Court
Norton, J. —
This suit was instituted in the circuit court of Bates county upon the following agreement by plaintiff, one of the obligees therein, viz :
*501“ This article of agreement, made and entered into this 18th day of April, 1878, by and between Thomas W. Childs, as supervisor of Mount Pleasant township, in the county of Bates, and State of Missouri, and for and on behalf of said township, party of the first part, and Charles C. Bassett and Antony Henry, of the county of Bates aforesaid, parties of the second part: Witnesseth, That the said party of the first part, as supervisor as…
2Cited by18 opinions
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