McQueen v. Groff
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Maries Circuit Court. — How. J. E. Hassell, Judge. The respondent submits that the appellant’s abstract does not comply with rule 15 of this court in this that it does not contain a clear and concise statement of the pleadings and facts shown by the record therein.
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Appeal from Maries Circuit Court. — How. J. E. Hassell, Judge. The respondent submits that the appellant’s abstract does not comply with rule 15 of this court in this that it does not contain a clear and concise statement of the pleadings and facts shown by the record therein. The abstract does not state when the affidavit for appeal was filed, nor contain a copy thereof, or state when appeal was granted, or set out enough of the evidence to enable the court to determine whether the demurrer to the evidence was properly overruled, or whether proper judgment was rendered on verdict. All this…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
This action was brought by plaintiff on account of defendant having willfully torn down his fence whereby his field of wheat was exposed to live stock and greatly damaged. There was a verdict for *167plaintiff for forty dollars, which the court doubled and added thereto a penalty of five dollars as is provided by statute. Judgment was thereupon rendered for the total sum of eighty-five dollars.
The appeal is taken in the long form, that is, a full transcript has been filed in this court. And on that account defendant seems to have concluded that a printed abstract is not required, for in referring…
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