Hoggard v. Dickerson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Greene County Circuit Court. — Hon. Alfred Page, Judge. (1) The petition is defective in not averring a knowledge of and a reliance upon the reward as a consideration for the services of respondent. Smith v. Vernon County, 188 Mo. 515. (2) The court erred in giving plaintiff’s instruction numbered 1 and refusing defendant’s instruction numbered 10. Jenkins v. Clopton, 141 Mo. App. 74; Miller v. Mo. & Kan. Tel. Co., 141 Mo.
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Appeal from Greene County Circuit Court. — Hon. Alfred Page, Judge. (1) The petition is defective in not averring a knowledge of and a reliance upon the reward as a consideration for the services of respondent. Smith v. Vernon County, 188 Mo. 515. (2) The court erred in giving plaintiff’s instruction numbered 1 and refusing defendant’s instruction numbered 10. Jenkins v. Clopton, 141 Mo. App. 74; Miller v. Mo. & Kan. Tel. Co., 141 Mo. App. 462; Mead v. Brotherton, 30 Mo. 201; Greer v. Parker, 85 Mo. 107. (3) Instruction No. 2 given for plaintiff is erroneous because it tells the jury that…
1Opinion of the CourtSturgis, J.
The jury in this case by its verdict held the defendant liable to plaintiffs for the payment pf a reward of $5000, alleged to have been offered by defendant to the public for the capture of the slayer of Stanley Ketchel, who was shot and robbed on October 15,1910, at a farm owned by defendant in Webster county, Missouri, known as the Dickerson ranch. There was little or no doubt at the time that one Walter Dipley, then living on such ranch, was the guilty party and the reward offered was practically, if not in terms, applicable to him.. The friendship existing between defendant and the slain…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Shuey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Wiggins Ferry Co. v. Chicago & Alton RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Smith v. Vernon CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- Kilpatrick v. WileySupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- McCormick v. City of MonroeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895
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