H. A. Johnson & Co. v. Springfield Ice & Refrigerating Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Laclede Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. 'Woodside, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting evidence of the price paid by plaintiff for the property in question. This is not proper evidence of damage. Miller v. Bryden, 34 Mo. App. 602; St. Louis Range Co. v. KlineDrummond Co., 120 Mo.
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Appeal from Laclede Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. 'Woodside, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting evidence of the price paid by plaintiff for the property in question. This is not proper evidence of damage. Miller v. Bryden, 34 Mo. App. 602; St. Louis Range Co. v. KlineDrummond Co., 120 Mo. App. 438. (2) The court erred in admitting in evidence the alleged conversations with defendant’s servant, Grant Trammel, touching the value and character of the goods bailed, and referring to the storm, and safety of said goods. Redmon V. Railway, 185 Mo. 1; Wright Inv. Co. v. Fillingham, 85 Mo. App.…
1Opinion of the CourtNixon, P. J.
This cause was instituted in the circuit court of Greene county, Missouri, and through changes of venue reached the circuit court of Laclede county where it was tried at the February term, 1908.
The plaintiff was a firm composed of H. A. Johnson of Boston, Massachusetts, a commission merchant. The defendant is a corporation with its chief place of business at Springfield, Missouri, and was at the time of the institution of this suit engaged, among other things, in the warehouse business, receiving goods for storage for safe keeping.
The Springfield Crystallized Egg Company was a corporation,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Wolf v. American Express Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Newcomb v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
- Davis v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- Brash v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Smith v. FordyceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Darks v. Scudder-Gale Grocer Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1910
- South Side Realty Co. v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
- Springfield Crystallized Egg Co. v. Springfield Ice & Refrigerating Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- Railway Express Agency v. SchoenArizona Supreme Court · 1950
- Schneider v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912
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