Bent v. Priest
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeals from St. Louis Court of Appeals. 'Cl) The action, if it ever existed, was included in the transfer to the Mound City Company. (2) The action is brought under a champertous agreement and plaintiff cannot recover. Arden v. Patterson, 5 John.
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Appeals from St. Louis Court of Appeals. 'Cl) The action, if it ever existed, was included in the transfer to the Mound City Company. (2) The action is brought under a champertous agreement and plaintiff cannot recover. Arden v. Patterson, 5 John. Ch. 44; Weekly v. Hall, 13 Ohio, 175; Webb' v. Armstrong, 5 Humph. 381; Rives v. Weaver, 36 Miss. 383 ; Barber v. Barber, 14 Wis. 143; Greenman. v. Qohie, 61 Ind. 206 ; Gilbert v. Holmes, 64 111. 556 ; Cardwell v. Sprigg, 7Dana(Ky.) 39; Marks v. Jordan, 3 B. Mon. 116; Crowley v. Vaughan, 11 Bush (Ky.) 517; Coughlin v. N. T. (1) Whatever was received…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
— In 1873, the superintendent of insurance began proceedings to wind up the St. Louis Mutual Insurance Company, which was not then in a satisfactory ■condition. Most of the directors regarded a reinsurance as the best way out of the difficulty. Efforts were made to that end, including negotiations with the Mound City Life Insurance Company. Charles H. Peck, who was a large stockholder in the St. Louis Mutual, but not a director or officer, made proposals to some of the officers of the Mound City to bring about such an arrangement, the result of which was a contract between Peck and the…
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