Bullock v. Wooldridge
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Cass Circuit Court. — Hon. Chas. W. Sloan, Judge. (1) Now, here is a plain, unequivocal contract, between plain till and defendants, with the breach thereof assigned, and damages set forth on account of said breach. If this does not state a good cause of action, then we are unable to know when one is stated. In Stillwell v. Hamm, 97 Mo. 585, Judge Barclay clearly holds that pleadings under the code should not be construed most strongly against the pleader.
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Appeal from the Cass Circuit Court. — Hon. Chas. W. Sloan, Judge. (1) Now, here is a plain, unequivocal contract, between plain till and defendants, with the breach thereof assigned, and damages set forth on account of said breach. If this does not state a good cause of action, then we are unable to know when one is stated. In Stillwell v. Hamm, 97 Mo. 585, Judge Barclay clearly holds that pleadings under the code should not be construed most strongly against the pleader. He says, their language should be taken in its plain and ordinary meaning, and such an interpretation given it as fairly…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
This is an action for the recovery of damages for deceit. The petition charged that the defendants, who were attorneys-at-law, engaged in the practice as partners, were employed to bring a certain civil action by attachment; that the plaintiff therein was compelled to file with the clerk of the court, wherein the attachment suit was brought, an attachment bond ; that the defendants, in their quality of attorneys for the plaintiff in the attachment suit, requested the plaintiff herein to sign the same as one of the sureties thereon, and that they then represented to him that if he would sign…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cooper v. SchlesingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Sawyer v. PrickettSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Stillwell v. HammSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Caylor v. RoeIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Richter v. IrwinIndiana Supreme Court · 1867
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Pile v. BrightMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
- Davidson v. HobsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
- Thomas v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1922
- Mathews v. EbyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
- Sedgwick v. National BankSupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
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