Legal Opinion

Boyer v. Neel

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 10, 1892PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the Scotland Circuit Court. — Hon. Ben. E. Turner, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.

— This action is founded upon two contracts, executed by the defendants for the sum of $400 each, and also providing for an attorney’s fee, if enforced by law. It was agreed at the trial that a reasonable attorney’s fee would be $40. The contracts were in the form of promissory notes, with conditions, and were payable to the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, or bearer. They were due prior to the time of the bringing of the suit. The entire controversy arises upon the special defenses set up in the answer.

After a general denial, and then an admission of the execution of the contracts sued…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Brown v. WeldonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
  2. Nichols, Shepherd & Co. v. LarkinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  3. Brown v. WeldonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1887
  4. Compton v. ParsonsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882
  5. Murphy v. GaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1866

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Yerxa, Andrews & Thurston v. Randazzo MacAroni Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1926
  2. Dugan v. TroutMissouri Court of Appeals · 1954
  3. Somerville v. Gullett Gin Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Bank of Polk v. WoodMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
  5. Acme Harvesting Machine Co. v. GaspersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913

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