Legal Opinion

Moore v. Mountcastle

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1875PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Error to Gass County Circuit Court. cited, Bro. Stat. Frauds, 3 eel., § 354, and note 3; Moore vs. Hart, 1 Yern., 110; Fugate vs. Hanford, 3 Littell, 262; Coles vs. Trecor.hiok, 9 Ves., 234-249-50: Gibson vs. Holland, Law Rep. Or.. Com. Pleas, vol. 1, p. 1; Tavl. Ev., 6 ed., p. 902, § 938 ; Neal vs. Cox, Peek, [Tenn.] 443: Burrell vs. Joy, 16 Mass., 222; Hutchinson vs. Tindall, 2 Green Chy. [N. J.] 357; Wolford vs. Beasley, 3 Atk., 503. cited, Phil.

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Error to Gass County Circuit Court. cited, Bro. Stat. Frauds, 3 eel., § 354, and note 3; Moore vs. Hart, 1 Yern., 110; Fugate vs. Hanford, 3 Littell, 262; Coles vs. Trecor.hiok, 9 Ves., 234-249-50: Gibson vs. Holland, Law Rep. Or.. Com. Pleas, vol. 1, p. 1; Tavl. Ev., 6 ed., p. 902, § 938 ; Neal vs. Cox, Peek, [Tenn.] 443: Burrell vs. Joy, 16 Mass., 222; Hutchinson vs. Tindall, 2 Green Chy. [N. J.] 357; Wolford vs. Beasley, 3 Atk., 503. cited, Phil. Ev., 2 Am.-from 3 London Ed., t. p., 335, and s. p. 357 to 369 ; Bro. Fraud, 2 ed., p. 355, §§ 338, 339, 348.

1Opinion of the CourtHough, Judge

The plaintiff in his petition claimed damages for the breach of a certain contract alleged to have been made by the defendant with him, in relation to certain fanning operations, which wore to have been managed and controlled for the period of five years by plaintiff, on a farm in Cass county, belonging to the defendant. The defendant relied upon the statute of frauds as a defense to the action.

It appears from the record, that in the year 1871 the plaintiff and the defendant resided in the State of Tennessee, and there entered into an oral agreement in relation to the cultivariou and…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. Kludt v. ConnettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
  2. DeSteiger v. HollingtonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1885
  3. Doran v. DoranSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  4. Peycke Bros. v. AhrensMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
  5. Harrison v. CravenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905

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