Hadley v. Orchard
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leroy B. Valliant, Judge. The instruction given by the court of its own motion through which it presented the law to the jury properly. American Brewing Ass’n v. Talbot, 141 Mo. 674 and 681; Stanard Milling Co. v. Transit Co., 122 Mo. 275, 258; Wiser v. Chesly, 53 Mo. 547, 550; Taussig v. Shields, 26 Mo. App. 318, 327; McCarthy v. Wolfe, 40 Mo. 520, 522; Arnot v. Branconier, 14 Mo.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leroy B. Valliant, Judge. The instruction given by the court of its own motion through which it presented the law to the jury properly. American Brewing Ass’n v. Talbot, 141 Mo. 674 and 681; Stanard Milling Co. v. Transit Co., 122 Mo. 275, 258; Wiser v. Chesly, 53 Mo. 547, 550; Taussig v. Shields, 26 Mo. App. 318, 327; McCarthy v. Wolfe, 40 Mo. 520, 522; Arnot v. Branconier, 14 Mo. App. 437. If the court committed an error in giving this instruction, it will necessarily follow that it committed no error in refusing the instructions asked…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
About October 1, 1893, plaintiff delivered to the defendant, a tailor in the city of St. Louis, a suit of clothes to be cleaned and pressed, for which service plaintiff agreed to pay defendant $1.50; plaintiff called for the suit on two occasions thereafter and demanded it; defendant did not deliver, for the reason he said his place of business had been burglarized and the suit stolen; plaintiff brought suit alleging the bailment, demand of the clothes, failure of delivery and their value. As an excuse for nondelivery and nonliability, the defendant set up that his place of business was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- American Brewing Ass'n v. TalbotSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- E. O. Stanard Milling Co. v. White Line Central Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Donohue v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- Lee v. Publishers George Knapp & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- George v. Wabash Western Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1890
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- Drumm-Flato Commission Co. v. Gerlack BankMissouri Court of Appeals · 1902