Medlock v. Brown
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR to Franklin cirpuit. Thomas Medlock relies upon the following points as establishing error in the judgment of the circuit cour$ sustaining the plea of James Brown, because: 1st. Noting in the plea denotes it to be the declaration of Thomas Medlock qui tam. 2nd. Deft, by his plea says he don’t owe the plaintiff only Thomas Medlock. He is charged with owing Thomas Medlock and the State of Missouri also.
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ERROR to Franklin cirpuit. Thomas Medlock relies upon the following points as establishing error in the judgment of the circuit cour$ sustaining the plea of James Brown, because: 1st. Noting in the plea denotes it to be the declaration of Thomas Medlock qui tam. 2nd. Deft, by his plea says he don’t owe the plaintiff only Thomas Medlock. He is charged with owing Thomas Medlock and the State of Missouri also. Thomas Medlock relies upon the following points as establishing error in the judgment of the circuit court, giving to the jury the instruction above recited: 1. That it appears to require…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion delivered by
Wash Judge.
The was a qui tam action, brought by against Brown to recover the penalty provided in the statqte against marrying minors, without the presence or consent of the parent or guardian. The defendant pleaded nil debit and had a verdict and judgment, to reverse which, Medlock now prosecutes the present writ of error.
The facts are preserved in the record by bills of exception. The defendant acted as a justice of the peace, duly commissioned and qualified; and united in marriage, Susan Medlock, the daughter of the plaintiff, to one Jesse Harris, which Susan Medlock was…
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