Dill v. Crum
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Saline Circuit. Court. — Hon. Richard Field, Judge. The court having passed on the law in this case when it was here at the March term, 1888, in the style of Sturgess v. Crum upon the authorities then cited, we call attention to said decision with the authorities therein cited as being the law of governing in this case. The court properly overruled the plaintiff ’ s offer to prove damages suffered by plaintiff by the” sale of his mules, etc.
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Appeal from the Saline Circuit. Court. — Hon. Richard Field, Judge. The court having passed on the law in this case when it was here at the March term, 1888, in the style of Sturgess v. Crum upon the authorities then cited, we call attention to said decision with the authorities therein cited as being the law of governing in this case. The court properly overruled the plaintiff ’ s offer to prove damages suffered by plaintiff by the” sale of his mules, etc. The contract, set forth in plaintiff ’ s petition, was not a contract of indemnity, but a contract to pay a particular debt, and the true…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
This suit was brought by J. H. Stur-gess against the defendant to recover damages for the breach of a contract. The petition alleges that Sturgess executed his note' to defendant for four hundred and fifty-three dollars due-seven months after date, and to secure which he executed a deed of trust on certain horses, mules, cows, wagon, harness and a half interest in one hundred acres of a crop of growing wheat; that the consideration for which the note and deed of trust were executed was an agreement entered into between Sturgess and defendant, whereby defendant bound himself to pay off all the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hammer v. SchœnfelderWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
- State ex rel. Roe v. ThomasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
- Davis v. TalcottNew York Supreme Court · 1853
- Van Arsdale v. RundelIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Hobbs v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
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