Booth v. Scott
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Kimbrough Stone, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in sustaining the demurrer of the-defendants to the evidence of the plaintiff on the ground that the facts disclosed do not constitute a cause of action in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Kimbrough Stone, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in sustaining the demurrer of the-defendants to the evidence of the plaintiff on the ground that the facts disclosed do not constitute a cause of action in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants. (2) The plaintiff was entitled to recover the purchase price of the land, which the respondents attempted to sell to her, because the contract of purchase made with the plaintiff is void by reason of the fact that the Mexican Gulf Land & Development Company, Limited, was and is incapable of…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, C.
This suit was brought against the above named defendants and one Bobert Miller to recover the sum of $2000 and to secure the eancellátion of a note for $3000, dated August 3, 1908, payable to the Mexican Gulf Land & Development Company, Limited, one year after its date. It was afterward dismissed as to Miller, for failure to secure service of summons upon him, owing to his absence in Mexico.
The petition alleged that at the time of these transactions the defendants were co-partners doing business in Kansas City, Missouri, under the firm name and style above mentioned, which was…
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