Wells v. Hargrave
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Putnam Circuit Court. — Hon. Andrew Ellison, Judge. (1) The evidence in the case was clear, direct and •conclusive that the defendant’s intestate was indebted to the plaintiff from the year 1863, to the time of his, said James W. Wells’, death.
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Appeal from Putnam Circuit Court. — Hon. Andrew Ellison, Judge. (1) The evidence in the case was clear, direct and •conclusive that the defendant’s intestate was indebted to the plaintiff from the year 1863, to the time of his, said James W. Wells’, death. And the letter to plain'tiff, dated September 5, 1880, obviously contains an acknowledgment of such indebtedness, and this is all that the statute requires. 2 Eevised Statutes, 1889, sec. 6793, p. 1594; Chidsey v. Powell, 91 Mo. 622; Mastín v. Branham, 86 Mo. 643; Boyd v. Hurlbut, 41 Mo. 264; Elliott v. Lealce, 5 Mo. 208. (2) And where…
1Opinion of the CourtMacearlane, J.
This suit originated in the probate court of Putnam county, on a claim presented for allowance September 4,1890, in which plaintiff charged in substance that on October 19,1863, he sold and conveyed, by attorney, to plaintiff’s intestate two hundred and fifty-eight acres of land lying in Putnam county, for the sum of $1,290, for which he gave his two promissory notes for $645, each, one payable January 1, 1868, and the other January 1,1869, both bearing ten per cent, interest, and also gave back a deed of trust on the land to secure them; that the notes had never been paid; that on the fifth…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chidsey v. PowellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Chambers v. RubeySupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Elliott v. LeakeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1838
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