Howard v. Scott
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — How. Hugh Dabbs, Judge. STATEMENT BY BROADDUS, J. On October the 25,1897, the plaintiff and defendant entered into the following agreement, viz.: “Joplin, Mo., October 25, 1897. “This agreement is hereby entered into, by and between Adam Scott and P. P. Howard, that any amount or amounts of money, with interest, that may be advanced from time to time by P. P. Howard in excess of the amount pr amounts by Adam Scott, in any kind of business…
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — How. Hugh Dabbs, Judge. STATEMENT BY BROADDUS, J. On October the 25,1897, the plaintiff and defendant entered into the following agreement, viz.: “Joplin, Mo., October 25, 1897. “This agreement is hereby entered into, by and between Adam Scott and P. P. Howard, that any amount or amounts of money, with interest, that may be advanced from time to time by P. P. Howard in excess of the amount pr amounts by Adam Scott, in any kind of business in which they may be engaged, shall be repaid to P. P. Howard from the first net receipts or profits from any of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, J.
The defendant contends that the writing introduced in evidence shows that the indebtedness was discharged. The writing dated October 14, 1898, provides for a sale of the five-eighths interest of plaintiff and said Maris in certain mining lots to the defendant for the sum of $10,000, which is stated to be “the amount of money advanced and put into all the various enterprises and mining interests, in which the said parties have hereto been interested in,-in Jasper *514county.” It is further provided that defendant Scott should have thirty days to accept and comply with the terms of said-writing. On…
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