McFadin v. Catron
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Saline Circuit Court. — Hon. Richard Field,-Judge. (1) The court erred in permitting plaintiff to prove a contract of testatrix with negro Hall to leave him a home. The Supreme Court had determined this question improper. McFadin v. Catron, 120 Mo. 266. (2) In offering testimony as to altercation between plaintiff and defendant James H. Catron when they were children.
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Appeal from Saline Circuit Court. — Hon. Richard Field,-Judge. (1) The court erred in permitting plaintiff to prove a contract of testatrix with negro Hall to leave him a home. The Supreme Court had determined this question improper. McFadin v. Catron, 120 Mo. 266. (2) In offering testimony as to altercation between plaintiff and defendant James H. Catron when they were children. (3) The trial court committed error to the prejudice of defendant in refusing to admonish the attorney for plaintiff for introducing the prejudicial questions and offers of proof above mentioned. (4) Incompetent…
1Opinion of the CourtUantt, P. J.
This is the second appeal in this case. The decision in the first is reported in 120 Mo. 252.. This, like the former, is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit.court of Saline county whereby the probated will of Mrs. Martha Catron was. set aside and held for naught.
*209The very correct summary of the evidence on the former appeal by Judge Btjbg-ess comprehends the principal facts on the present appeal, but these have been somewhat modified and supplemented on the last trial and these changes will be noted.
The learned counsel have drawn such radically different conclusions from the facts in…
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- Bancroft v. OtisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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- State v. DuestrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
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