Hewitt v. Steele
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court. — Hon. John A. Hookah ay, Judge. (1) The court should have made an order staying the prosecution of this suit until the costs of the first suit had been paid. This is a rule of practice well established, and is founded upon the plain principles of justice. Buckets v. Railroad, 47 Fed.
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Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court. — Hon. John A. Hookah ay, Judge. (1) The court should have made an order staying the prosecution of this suit until the costs of the first suit had been paid. This is a rule of practice well established, and is founded upon the plain principles of justice. Buckets v. Railroad, 47 Fed. Rep. 424; Ripley v. Benedict, 4 Cow. 19; Perkins v. Hinman, 19 Johns. 237; Taylor v. Vandivert, 9 Wend. 449; Kentish v. Tatham, 6 Hill, 372; Jackson v. Carpenter, 3 Cow. 22; Ex parte Stone, 3 Cow. 380; Fleming v. Ins. Co., 4 Pa. St. 475; Felt v. Amedon, 49 Wis. 66; Gerrish v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Bkace, O. J.
Suit on the cause of action set out in plaintiff’s petition was originally commenced in the circuit court of Audrain county, on the fourteenth of May, 1889, taken by change of venue to Pike county circuit court, where it was tried at the September term, 1890, of that court, resulting in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $6,250 which on motion of defendant was set aside and a new trial granted, although the plaintiff offered to remit all of said verdict in excess of $4,000.
The cause having been re-docketed and coming on for trial at the March term, 1891, of said court (on the…
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