Taylor v. Maguire
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR TO ST. LORIS COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. Declaration filed August 12,1847, summons returnable September term, 184?. The obligation declared on was dated 8th September, 1846. In this contract it was agreed that Maguire should build the hull of a steamboat, certainly described, and finish it ready for the engines by the 1st February, 1847, for which certain payments were to be made, amounting in the whole to $9,000. The boat was not then finished, but was never completed as…
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ERROR TO ST. LORIS COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. Declaration filed August 12,1847, summons returnable September term, 184?. The obligation declared on was dated 8th September, 1846. In this contract it was agreed that Maguire should build the hull of a steamboat, certainly described, and finish it ready for the engines by the 1st February, 1847, for which certain payments were to be made, amounting in the whole to $9,000. The boat was not then finished, but was never completed as agreed until the 12th day of April thereafter, the plaintiff being in no fault. At the trial at theFeb-urary term, 1849,…
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, J.
Prom the above statement, it is plainly to be seen that the very point now presented for the consideration of this court, was heretofore before the court in the case of Taylor v. Maguire, the same identical persons, parties thereto, as are now before this court. See 12 Mo. R. 313. In the reported case, the presiding justice of this court, Judge Naptor, wrote the opinion of the court. Since this decision, this court has undergone.a change in its members. I was not a member of the former Supreme Court; I have, therefore, from respect t'o the able counsel who again has brought this case before…
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