Livermore v. Blood
Supreme Court of Missouri
• Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The following instructions were asked by defendants and were refused by the court: 1. If the court sitting as a jury shall believe from the eviidence that the witness Emery Livermore, at the time of the making of the notes sued on, was, and has since continued to be, the agent of the plaintiff in the transaction of his (plaintiff’s) business in the city of St. Louis, and that said notes were…
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• Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The following instructions were asked by defendants and were refused by the court: 1. If the court sitting as a jury shall believe from the eviidence that the witness Emery Livermore, at the time of the making of the notes sued on, was, and has since continued to be, the agent of the plaintiff in the transaction of his (plaintiff’s) business in the city of St. Louis, and that said notes were made and delivered to the firm of Livermore, Sweet & Co.; that said Emery was a member of said firm ; that said notes…
1Opinion of the Court
Holmes, Judge,
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
The defendants were sued as endorsers upon certain notes of which plaintiff claims to be the holder as a purchaser for value. There was evidence on their part tending strongly to show that the notes had been endorsed for accommodation of the maker, and delivered to the firm of Livermore, Sweet & Co., to be held by them as collateral security to cover advances to be made by them on castor oil, to be delivered to them for sale on account of the maker. There was distinct proof of this arrangement. A member of this firm was called on behalf of the…
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