Michael v. Matheis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. Aside from the agreement which counsel for appellant obviously made in reference to the deposition of William Runge, the deposition itself is sufficiently formal. It was taken upon interrogatories, to which a special commission was annexed, authorizing E. B. Chestnut to take the deposition of the witness on those interrogatories.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. Aside from the agreement which counsel for appellant obviously made in reference to the deposition of William Runge, the deposition itself is sufficiently formal. It was taken upon interrogatories, to which a special commission was annexed, authorizing E. B. Chestnut to take the deposition of the witness on those interrogatories. Under section 4449, Revised Statutes, such commission issued to “such person as the court or judge shall appoint, to be named in the commission, or to some proper officer of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, J.
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- Callahan v. IngramSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
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- Rammell v. OtisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
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