Hunt v. Sanders
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Son. Grant Emerson, Judge. (1) Instruction 8, requested by the.plaintiff and.refused by the court, properly declared the law as held in Thompson v. McCullough, 31 Mo. 224, and many decisions following. In fact, Sec. 851, R. S. 1919, is to the same effect, and we fail to understand why said instruction was refused. It was admitted in this case that the signatures were forged.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Son. Grant Emerson, Judge. (1) Instruction 8, requested by the.plaintiff and.refused by the court, properly declared the law as held in Thompson v. McCullough, 31 Mo. 224, and many decisions following. In fact, Sec. 851, R. S. 1919, is to the same effect, and we fail to understand why said instruction was refused. It was admitted in this case that the signatures were forged. It is not necessary for the plaintiff to show that the defendant forged the notes and deed of trust, in order to recover. It is not even necessary for the plaintiff to show that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jasper County.
The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover the amount she paid him for certain forged negotiable notes, purporting to be secured by certain deeds of trust, also forgeries, which she claims defendant sold her, and which notes and mortgages the petition alleges, "purported to be and what defendant then warranted to be, and plaintiff relying on such warranty believed to be, good" and valid securities, but which were forgeries, and plaintiff lost her entire investment.
There were five counts in the petition, each arising out of the purchase of one of…
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- Thompson v. McCulloughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1860
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