Taylor v. Pullen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Transferred from Kansas City Court of Appeals. (1) The verdict and the judgment. are erroneous, and are not supported by the evidence.
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Transferred from Kansas City Court of Appeals. (1) The verdict and the judgment. are erroneous, and are not supported by the evidence. The petition of the plaintiff is not sufficient in that it does not show, or aver, that the infant plaintiff, although over the age of fourteen years, made any application, in writing signed by her, to the court, or the judge or clerk thereof -in vacation, for the appointment of next friend;" nor does it show, or aver, that Artemus Kelly, the alleged next friend, ever consented to act as such next friend of said plaintiff, by written instrument duly…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
An action for slander was commenced in the circuit court of Holt county by the plaintiff against defendants who are husband and wife, for certain alleged slanders by the female defendant, and resulted in a judgment for $801 for plaintiff. An appeal was duly prosecuted to the Kansas Oity Court of Appeals. That court transferred the cause to this court because one of the judges of that court deemed the opinion of the court in conflict with the opinion of this court in Flesh v. Lindsay, 115 Mo. 1.
The appellants have presented a very meager abstract of the evidence, reciting only that “plaintiff…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Flesh v. LindsaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Fitzgerald v. . QuannNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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- Beck v. DowellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
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