Moore v. Ringo
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Scott Circuit Court. — Host. J. D. Foster, Judge. The consideration set forth in the written contract having failed, respondent was precluded from showing any other, there being no words in the contract indicating any other consideration. 1 Parsons on Cont., (6 Ed.) top p. 429; Emery v. Chase, 5 Greenlf. (Me.) 232; Howes v. Barker, 3 John. (N. T.) 506; Schemerhorn v.Vanderheyden, 1 John.
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Appeal from Scott Circuit Court. — Host. J. D. Foster, Judge. The consideration set forth in the written contract having failed, respondent was precluded from showing any other, there being no words in the contract indicating any other consideration. 1 Parsons on Cont., (6 Ed.) top p. 429; Emery v. Chase, 5 Greenlf. (Me.) 232; Howes v. Barker, 3 John. (N. T.) 506; Schemerhorn v.Vanderheyden, 1 John. (N. T.) 138 ; Veacock v. McCall, Gilpin (U. S.) 329 Cutter v. Reynolds, 8 B. Mon. (Ky.) 596 ; Mitchell v. Williamson, 6 Md. 210 ; Winchell v. Latham, 6 Cow. 682. The consideration named in the…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, C. J.
On the 9th day of April, 1869, the plaintiff, as attorney, obtained a judgment for the defendant against Hartwell Brock and Levi S. Green for the sum of $456.10. The plaintiff was employed simply to obtain judgment, Brock and Green being regarded as insolvent at the time. No effort was made to enforce this judgment by execution, until 1871, when the plaintiff suggested to the defendant that he thought the amount of his judgment could be made out of certain land which he believed had been fraudulently conveyed by Brock and Green. Thereupon an agreement was entered into between the plaintiff…
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