Klostermann v. Loos
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. I. This action is not brought on all of the stipulations of the contract; the part herein sued on reads as follows : “Jackson, Ho., Aug. 1868. On or before the first day of January, 1873, we, * * * * promise and bind ourselves * * * to pay to Jacob Tobler or order, the sum of seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and ninety-six cents for value received, in said Tobler advancing that amount in the building of said church as late…
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Appeal from Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. I. This action is not brought on all of the stipulations of the contract; the part herein sued on reads as follows : “Jackson, Ho., Aug. 1868. On or before the first day of January, 1873, we, * * * * promise and bind ourselves * * * to pay to Jacob Tobler or order, the sum of seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and ninety-six cents for value received, in said Tobler advancing that amount in the building of said church as late treasurer. Said sum to bear six per cent, interest from Jan. 1, 1869. * * * [Signed.] The above is a promissory note for the…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, Judge
The decisive question in this case is, whether the defendants, who are the trustees of a certain church organization, are individually liable on a contract in this form :
“Jackson, Mo., August, 1868.
“'On or before the 1st day of January, 1873, we, the undersigned, (trustees of the Evangelical German Church at Jackson, Missouri, for ourselves as such trustees, and our sueces*293sors in office) promise and bind ourselves, (for said congrega-: tion and such successors'in office) to pay to Jacob Tobler or . order, the sum of $786.96, for value received in said Tobler advancing that amount in the…
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