Muller v. St. Louis Hospital Ass'n
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The extent to which a witness may be interrogated on cross-examination for the purpose of discrediting him. — 1 Greenl. on Ev., secs. 376, 461; The State v. Hamilton, 55 Mo. 523 ; The State v. Breden, 58 Mo. 507 ; Seymour v. Farrell, 51 Mo. 97; United States v. Diclcinson, 2 McLean, 329; United States v. Masters, 4 Cranch C. Ct. 479 ; Uhl v. The Commonwealth, 6 Gratt. 706; Harrington v. Lincoln, 4 Gray, 565 ; Rogers v. Troost, 51 Mo. 474…
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The extent to which a witness may be interrogated on cross-examination for the purpose of discrediting him. — 1 Greenl. on Ev., secs. 376, 461; The State v. Hamilton, 55 Mo. 523 ; The State v. Breden, 58 Mo. 507 ; Seymour v. Farrell, 51 Mo. 97; United States v. Diclcinson, 2 McLean, 329; United States v. Masters, 4 Cranch C. Ct. 479 ; Uhl v. The Commonwealth, 6 Gratt. 706; Harrington v. Lincoln, 4 Gray, 565 ; Rogers v. Troost, 51 Mo. 474 ; Thomas r. Stump, 62 Mo. 277. Former declarations of a testator are inadmissible in evidence, even under the issue of…
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
This is a proceeding, under the statute, to set aside the probate of a will. The jury found that the instrument in question was not the will of the deceased, and from the judgment on this verdict defendants appeal.
The complainants are the brother and the two sisters of deceased, who reside in Switzerland, the birthplace of deceased. Deceased was an unmarried man, with no relatives in this country. In 1873, he visited his brother and sisters in Europe ; and in the summer of 1874, was attacked with *392dysentery in St. Louis. After treating himself ineffectually for some time, he went to the…
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