Hawkins v. Ridenhour
Supreme Court of Missouri
ArrEAL PROM CRAWFORD CIRCUIT COURT. This was an action of debt brought by Ridonhour, plaintiff below, against Wm. E. tiawkins, administrator, and Nancy Blackwell, administratrix of Richard Blackwell, deceased.
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ArrEAL PROM CRAWFORD CIRCUIT COURT. This was an action of debt brought by Ridonhour, plaintiff below, against Wm. E. tiawkins, administrator, and Nancy Blackwell, administratrix of Richard Blackwell, deceased. The suit was brought ou a note for $400, given to tue pliintiff by Isaiah King, Thomas I. Veoch and lllchard Blackwell, bearing 10 per cent, interest from 'date, payable on or by tue 1st of March 1830, and daLed 19th November, lc88. At the May term, 1849, the defendants flic the statutory plea, and the parties went to trial. The plaintiff, Riden-hour, offered in evidence the note sued…
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, J.
The principal point for our adjudication in this case, arises from the instructions given and refused by the Circuit Court. These instructions all appear in the above very full statement of the case.
We will notice those prayed for by the defendants and marked 3nd and 4th in the above statement. These instructions were properly refused. The testimony as preserved in the bill of exceptions does not warrant the giving of any instructions. The merely advising a debtor by his creditor, to carry his negroes and horses to a better market, sell them there, and return and pay his debts, and if he be…
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