Craig v. Scudder
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. —Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) Instructions numbers C, D and E, given at the instance of defendant, were argumentative, misleading, confusing and illegal. (2) It was error to sustain objection of defendants to the offer of plaintiff to read certain parts of the testimony of W. H. Seudder as found in the report of the referee in the case of Ames v. Seudder. They were admissions of one of these defendants, and therefore competent.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. —Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) Instructions numbers C, D and E, given at the instance of defendant, were argumentative, misleading, confusing and illegal. (2) It was error to sustain objection of defendants to the offer of plaintiff to read certain parts of the testimony of W. H. Seudder as found in the report of the referee in the case of Ames v. Seudder. They were admissions of one of these defendants, and therefore competent. (1) There was no error in the instructions. (2) The evidence offered by plaintiff and rejected was hearsay. Morris v.…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
— I. Action on a contract for services rendered as clerk of defendants, and the simple issue presented by the pleadings was whether such a contract was made. There was evidence on this point pro and con. and the jury brought in a verdict for the defendants.
What the instructions were, we are not informed, and so cannot pass upon the propriety of their being given or refused. Our rule 15 requires that the appellant or plaintiffs in error make out “an abstract or abridgment of the record in said cause, setting forth so much thereof as is necessary to a full understanding of all questions…
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