Stovall v. Emerson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Laclede County Circuit Court, Ben. Y. Alton, Judge. The owner of cattle incurs no responsibility and is not guilty of any fault or negligence towards others by allowing the same to run at large, and the owner of fields with crops can only recover for damages done when he incloses his field with a legal fence. Gorman v. Railroad, 26 Mo.. 441; Moore v. White, 45 Mo. 206.
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, J.
Before considering the merits of this appeal it is essential to consider the status of the record before us.
*323It appears that the defendant’s motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled, and that the appeal was allowed on the ninth day of December, 1884, on which day the court below was not in legal session.
The regular term of the Laclede circuit court began on the twenty-eighth of July, 1884. On that day the court convened, and thereafter adjourned from time to time until October 24, 1884.
On October 24, 1884, the judge of the circuit court was unable to attend. He had…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Moore v. WhiteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
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