State ex rel. Covenant Mutual Life Insurance v. Balmer
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Sellen P. Spencer, Judge. Point number 1, made in brief of appellants, is not well taken. * * * Appellants’ second point is not well taken; there was evidence, reasonably satisfactory, from which the jury could readily find that the swindler’s name was not Fred Steiner.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Sellen P. Spencer, Judge. Point number 1, made in brief of appellants, is not well taken. * * * Appellants’ second point is not well taken; there was evidence, reasonably satisfactory, from which the jury could readily find that the swindler’s name was not Fred Steiner. The papers signed by this man under the name of Morse, and Fred Steiner’s description of him, tallying and agreeing with the description of the same man by Pilling and Balmer, coupled with the surrounding facts of the case, and the sudden flight and disappearance of the man,…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
Suit was against Charles G. Balmer, a notary public, and his sureties, on his official bond. After setting forth his appointment as notary, the giving of the bond and qualifying as notary, the petition alleges as a breach of the conditions of the bond the following: “That about December 14th, 1896, the Covenant Mutual Life Insurance Company having the sum of $2,200 to loan upon real estate security, undertook to loan same to one Fred Steiner to be secured by first deed of trust upon certain good and sufficient real estate situated upon St. Vincent avenue in said city, then owned by said…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- State ex rel. Alexander v. PlassMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
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