Wood v. Matthews
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. — Hon. Noah M. Givan, Judge. Bridgewater testified, on the part of the plaintiff, that defendant told him he held the note as security. Defendant offered to testify on his own behalf that what he told Bridgewater was, that at first he held the note as collateral security for the payment of the $200 note Mrs. Simpson owed him and some other little debts, but that when she was stopped by the constable he bought the note of her.
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Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. — Hon. Noah M. Givan, Judge. Bridgewater testified, on the part of the plaintiff, that defendant told him he held the note as security. Defendant offered to testify on his own behalf that what he told Bridgewater was, that at first he held the note as collateral security for the payment of the $200 note Mrs. Simpson owed him and some other little debts, but that when she was stopped by the constable he bought the note of her. This offer was rejected, and the evidence was excluded. 1. Plaintiff’s letters of administration were prematurely issued. There was no…
1Opinion of the Court
Henry, «T.
Plaintiff administered on the estate of *480Jane Simpson, deceased, in Johnson county, Missouri. The intestate resided and died in the state of Kansas. In April, 1875, the defendant held a note for collection in favor of Jane Simpson against one Bridgewater, for $1,200, secured by a deed of trust on a tract of land in Johnson county. She was indebted to defendant by note in the sum of $200, and in April, 1875, being about to leave this State for Kansas, the constable seized a team of horses as her property, under an execution in favor of one Ham, and she sent for defendant, and by an…
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