Curran v. Downs
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. cited: Hollenbeck v. Clow, 9 How. 289 ,- Mott v. Burnett, E. D. Smith, 50; Nelson v. Broadhack, 44 Mo. 598 ; Story on Sales, sec 497, and cases cited in note, sec. 499 ; Story on Sales, sec. 499. cited : Johnson v. Hudson, 7 East, 180 ; Smith v. Mawhood, 14 Mee. & W. 452 ; Holman v. Johnson, Cowp. 341; Armstrong v. Toler, 11 Wheat. 258; Hodgson v. Temple, 5 Taunt. 181; Michael v. Bacon, 49 Mo. 474.
1Opinion of the CourtHayden, J.
The petition in this case alleged that the defendants, in September, 1872, were partners, engaged in the business of rectifying highwines and whiskies, and became indebted to plaintiff in the sum of $1,840.98 for sixty-one barrels of whisky sold by plaintiff to defendants at their request. The defendant Spaulding alone answered, denying substantially the allega*469tions of the petition, and charging that the plaintiff was, at the date alleged, a distiller of spirits ; alleging certain provisions of the revenue laws of the United States in regard to taxes to be paid by distillers; that, with…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Michael v. BaconSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Belding v. PitkinNew York Supreme Court · 1804
3Cited by4 opinions
- M. W. Kerwin & Co. v. DoranMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
- Crane v. WhittemoreMissouri Court of Appeals · 1877
- Curran v. DownsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1879
- Sawyer v. ThomasMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905