Keim v. Vette
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.- — Hon. H. D. Wood, Judge. (1) The affidavit attached to the petition in this case is not in accordance with the statute nor the rules of pleading applicable to such eases.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.- — Hon. H. D. Wood, Judge. (1) The affidavit attached to the petition in this case is not in accordance with the statute nor the rules of pleading applicable to such eases. Sec. 4463, R. S. 1899; Pattison’s Forms for Missouri Pleading, sec. 458. (2) The respondent, Philip Keim, having placed the” Stewart note for $7,000 in the hands of Charles Kuhn, clothed him with the evidence of ownership thereof, and he is estopped from claiming the same from Vette, who had no notice at the time he acquired the note that Keim had any interest in it. Lee v. Turner,…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
The facts over which this litigation arose are few and simple.
Philip Keim, a citizen of St. Louis, a butcher by trade, in December, 1895, bought for full value before maturity one principal negotiable promissory note for $Y,000 and ten interest notes for $210 each, all executed by the J. W. Stewart Eeal Estate Company, bearing date October 11, 1895, and payable to the order of Charles Kuhn, and by him indorsed in blank, and received the same into his possession from Kuhn.
These notes were secured by a first lien on three brick houses in the city, and were worth their face and interest.…
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