Hall v. Knappenberger
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court. — Hon. Jas. M. Davis, Judge. The testimony of all the witnesses shows that Reeves was an infirm, weak old man, broken down by disease and age.
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Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court. — Hon. Jas. M. Davis, Judge. The testimony of all the witnesses shows that Reeves was an infirm, weak old man, broken down by disease and age. While some of the witnesses testify that he was competent to attend to ordinary business, yet the testimony taken together shows almost conclusively that he was unable to attend to his affairs and did not do so, further than to talk about them, that Knappenberger was his agent and acted for him and attended to all his business affairs. In Cay v. Cillilan, 92 Mo. 250, this court says that where confidential or…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
Action by plaintiff as administrator de Toonis non of the estate of John Reeves, deceased, to recover from defendant the amount of a promissory note for five thousand dollars, collected by him, during the lifetime of the decedent, which note the petition charges to have been obtained by defendant through covinous methods and by undue influence. The answer pleads that the note was a gift, etc.
I. The evidence offered to support the plea of a gift had no tendency in that direction, since it showed a written assignment of the note “for value received” and directed a banker in Illinois, who was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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