Trimble v. Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ho#. James Gibson, Judge. (1) There was no express contract between the parties. It was plaintiffs’ duty to render the services suéd for under the retainer from the Gulf Company and to get pay therefor from that company. 2 Clark & Skyles, Law of Agency, sec. 691, p. 1507; Stewart v. Emerson, 70 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ho#. James Gibson, Judge. (1) There was no express contract between the parties. It was plaintiffs’ duty to render the services suéd for under the retainer from the Gulf Company and to get pay therefor from that company. 2 Clark & Skyles, Law of Agency, sec. 691, p. 1507; Stewart v. Emerson, 70 Mo. App. 486. (2) There can be no recovery in the case on an implied contract or implied promise to pay. 2 Clark & Skyles, Law of Agency, p. 1058; Lamar v. Hall, 129 Fed. 84; Mnscott v. Stubbs, 24 Kas. 522; Roselius v. Delechaise, 5 La. Ann. 481; Westmoreland v.…
1Opinion of the CourtValliant, J.
Plaintiffs, who are attorneys-at. law, sue to recover the value of legal services alleged to have bees rendered by them to defendant in certain *48negotiations and suits which resulted in a foreclosure of the mortgages and a reorganization of a system of railroads of which the defendant was one of the constituent parts.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company was a Missouri corporation, operating a system of railroads extending from Kansas City, Missouri, to Port Arthur, Texas. One of the railroads in the system was that of the defendant, the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Trimble v. Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
3Cited by4 opinions
- People's Bank v. StewartMissouri Court of Appeals · 1909
- Trimble v. Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Trimble v. Guardian Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Trimble v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1914