State ex rel. Thrasher v. Heckart
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Greene Circuit Court. (1) The court erred in excluding the assignment of the attachment bonds and thereupon instructing the jury to find for the defendants. Such obligations and the causes of action arising thereon are proper subjects of alienation. State to use v. McHale, 16 Mo. App. 478-482; Snyder v. JRailroad, 86 Mo. 613. (2) The assignment was made by the president and general manager, and the secretary of the company.
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Appeal from the Greene Circuit Court. (1) The court erred in excluding the assignment of the attachment bonds and thereupon instructing the jury to find for the defendants. Such obligations and the causes of action arising thereon are proper subjects of alienation. State to use v. McHale, 16 Mo. App. 478-482; Snyder v. JRailroad, 86 Mo. 613. (2) The assignment was made by the president and general manager, and the secretary of the company. The trial court excluded it, apparently on the ground that the assignment was not authorized by the resolution of the board of directors. The power of an…
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, P. J.
This is a suit upon an attachment bond, given by the defendants to the Missouri Lumber Company. The plaintiffs claim as assignees of the lumber company. Upon the trial of the cause the court ruled out the written assignment offered in evidence by the plaintiffs, and instructed the jury to find *283for the defendants, which they did. This ruling of the court and incidental rulings bearing upon the validity of the assignment are assigned for error by the plaintiffs upon this appeal.
The plaintiffs were attorneys of the lumber company, and the bond in question was assigned to them in part payment of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Musser v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
- Hyde v. LarkinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1889
- Missouri Fire Clay Works v. EllisonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
- State ex rel. Hayden v. McHaleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1885
- Bambrick v. CampbellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1889
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Winscott v. Guarantee Investment Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1895
- Feutz v. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1949
- State ex rel. Schroeder v. PerkinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1901
- State ex rel. Thrasher v. HeckartMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895