Heard v. Ritchey
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Richard Field, Judge. (1) The defendants having incorporated were partners, and liable as such. Martin v. Ferrell, 79 Mo. 410; Glenn v. Bergman, 20 Mo. App. 343. (2) The contract offered in evidence was not a mere “option,” but was a valid contract of sale and purchase between the parties. Benson v. Shotwell, 25 Pac.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Richard Field, Judge. (1) The defendants having incorporated were partners, and liable as such. Martin v. Ferrell, 79 Mo. 410; Glenn v. Bergman, 20 Mo. App. 343. (2) The contract offered in evidence was not a mere “option,” but was a valid contract of sale and purchase between the parties. Benson v. Shotwell, 25 Pac. Rep. 249; Gibbons v. Sherwin, 44 N. W. Rep. 99. (3) It was not necessary that the contract should have been signed by the vendees. Briggs v. Partridge, 64 N. T. 357; McConnell v. Brayner, 63 Mo. 364; Me Crea v. Pmmort, 16 Wend. 469. (4)…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The petition in this case alleges that defendants associated themselves together in the year, 1887, under the name of the “Sedalia Loan & Investment Company;” that, on the twelfth day of April, 1887, plaintiff executed a contract by which he gave defendants, under the name aforesaid, an option to purchase a tract of land near Sedalia in Pettis county, for the sum of $25,600, $500 of which was then paid, and the balance being payable as follows: $500 in sixty days, $500 in ninety days, $4,500 August 1st, $6,000 in one year, and the balance in two years after the deed should be made; that on…
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- Duryee v. TurnerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1885
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