Knapp v. Hanley
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. J. R. Kinealy, Judge. (1) Whether there was a contract in legal effect such as that alleged in the petition was a question of intention, whether the minds of the parties met upon or with such an understanding between them, to be determined by the jury under all the facts and circumstances of the case. The case should, therefore, have been submitted to the jury. Mosby v. Commission Co., 91 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. J. R. Kinealy, Judge. (1) Whether there was a contract in legal effect such as that alleged in the petition was a question of intention, whether the minds of the parties met upon or with such an understanding between them, to be determined by the jury under all the facts and circumstances of the case. The case should, therefore, have been submitted to the jury. Mosby v. Commission Co., 91 Mo. App. 500; Thurston v. Thornton, 5 Mass. (1 Cush.) 89; Bornstein v. Lans, 104 Mass. 214; Savory v. Ingersoll, 2 N. T. State 218; Devries v. Haygood, 64 N.…
1Opinion of the CourtReyburn, J.
— In April, 1902, the Mercantile Trust Company and Mississippi Valley Trust Company were severally seeking the control of the Wiggins Ferry Company, and by their competitive purchases the value of the stock had been greatly advanced, and as the contest for acquisition of a majority of the stock progressed between these rival financial institutions, which succeeding events disclosed were in truth the aggressive representatives of powerful railroad organizations, the stock remaining undisposed of and subject to purchase was lessened by acquisitions of the contending interests and its ownership…
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