Longworth v. Kavanaugh
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Son. William T. Jones, Judge. (1) Tbe court erred in refusing to give defendant’s instruction for nonsuit offered at the close of plaintiff’s case, and the instruction offered at the close of the entire case, because the testimony, so far as it tended to establish any contract, tended: (a) To establish a contract that was' void and unenforceable in law, a purely lobbying contract, against public policy and sound morals.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Son. William T. Jones, Judge. (1) Tbe court erred in refusing to give defendant’s instruction for nonsuit offered at the close of plaintiff’s case, and the instruction offered at the close of the entire case, because the testimony, so far as it tended to establish any contract, tended: (a) To establish a contract that was' void and unenforceable in law, a purely lobbying contract, against public policy and sound morals. Porter v. Jones, 52 Mo. 399; Nash v. Kerr-Murray Mfg. Co., 19 Mo. App. 1; Ridenbaugh v. Young, 145 Mo. 280; Tool Company v. Norris,…
1Opinion of the Court
This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis on March 15, 1905, and has been once before in this court (190 S.W. 315). It was tried to a jury in said circuit court at the April term, 1907, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of eleven thousand two hundred ninety-three dollars and thirty-three cents, which was set aside on motion on the ground that it was against the weight of the evidence. An amended petition was afterward filed and stricken out for variance. Plaintiff declined to plead further and appealed to this court from the final judgment…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hyer v. Richmond Traction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Kelerher v. HendersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Aldridge v. SpearsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Hyer v. Richmond Traction Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
- Brown v. ThomasMissouri Court of Appeals · 1958