Strop v. Hughes
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Cass Circuit Court. — Hon. Nick M. Bradley, Judge. (1) In answer to the first objection appellant contends that under the law a corporation is required to affix its seal only to such.instruments as had to be sealed by a natural person before private seals were abolished by statute. 1 Purdy’s Beach on Corporation, section 104 and cases cited; 1 Morawetz on Private Corporations, section 338; Water Company v. Muscatine, etc., Company, 85 Iowa 112; Jones on Chattel…
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Appeal from Cass Circuit Court. — Hon. Nick M. Bradley, Judge. (1) In answer to the first objection appellant contends that under the law a corporation is required to affix its seal only to such.instruments as had to be sealed by a natural person before private seals were abolished by statute. 1 Purdy’s Beach on Corporation, section 104 and cases cited; 1 Morawetz on Private Corporations, section 338; Water Company v. Muscatine, etc., Company, 85 Iowa 112; Jones on Chattel Mortgages, section 102; City v. Railroad, 77 Mo. 184; Jones on Chattel Mortgages, sec. 51; Sherman v. Fitch, 98 Mass. 59.…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, P. J.
This is an action in replevin, the plaintiff basing his claim to the property in controversy by virtue of a certain chattel mortgage dated July 16, 1903, from a corporation known as the Humphrey Hereford Cattle Company. The defendant had possession of the property by virtue of a seizure under a writ of attachment issued in a suit pending by a creditor against the said cattle company.
The mortgage in question was executed by William Humphrey, the president and general manager of the corporation, with scroll attached as a seal. Notwithstanding the mortgage was received in evidence, defendant…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Stonebraker v. FordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- Pullis v. Pullis Bros. Iron Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- Evans-Snyder-Buell Co. v. TurnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Bank of Odessa v. JenningsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1885
- Dawson v. CrossMissouri Court of Appeals · 1901
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Von Schleinitz v. North Hotel Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1929
- Cummins v. KingMissouri Court of Appeals · 1924
- Strop v. HughesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1907