Craslin v. Baker
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from Howard Circuit Court. 1. The property taken and sold by defendants, if the property of the estate of the deceased, Hanks, was properly sold as against the plaintiff, and whether the same were of the estate of the deceased, Hanks, was a question for the decision of the jury. 2. The court erred in not giving the instructions prayed for by defendants. 3. The court erred in giving the opinion which it gave to the jury upon their return into court, after having…
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APPEAL from Howard Circuit Court. 1. The property taken and sold by defendants, if the property of the estate of the deceased, Hanks, was properly sold as against the plaintiff, and whether the same were of the estate of the deceased, Hanks, was a question for the decision of the jury. 2. The court erred in not giving the instructions prayed for by defendants. 3. The court erred in giving the opinion which it gave to the jury upon their return into court, after having retired from the bar to consider of their verdict. ■ 4. The court erred in not setting aside the verdict, and in refusing a…
1Opinion of the Court
Tompkins, J.,
delivered the opinion.of the Court.
This is an action of trespass, commenced by Morris Baker against James Craslin, David Hanks, William Hanks, and others, in the Circuit Court of Saline county. From this court the suit was transferred to Howard Circuit Court; there a judgment was obtained against the defendants, from which they appealed to this Court.
In the year 1838, Baker, the appellee, married the widow of one Zachariah Hanks, who had died in November, 1831, in Saline county, leaving nine childrens who lived with their mother, and were raised by her, until she intermarried…
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