Hunt v. Hopkins
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. S. H. Woodson, Judge. (1) The instructions given for plaintiff, even if abstractly correct, ignore the actual issues presented by the pleadings, while those asked for by defendants present the real and only issues of the case and embrace the substantia] merits of the controversy.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. S. H. Woodson, Judge. (1) The instructions given for plaintiff, even if abstractly correct, ignore the actual issues presented by the pleadings, while those asked for by defendants present the real and only issues of the case and embrace the substantia] merits of the controversy. (2) By the purchase from the city and the conveyance of the property to the plaintiff, and the subsequent dealings of the plaintiff with the property — refusing to issue executions against it when it was his duty to do so, if acting in good faith, and especially when the…
1Opinion of the CourtRat, J.
Certain special tax bills were issued by the City of Kansas to plaintiff, under á contract between the city and plaintiff for the construction of sidewalks, in front of certain lots in Ranson & Hopkin’s addition to said city. March 30, 1877, judgments, amounting in the aggregate to $131.35 and for $7.35 costs, were rendered on ten of said special tax bills for the construction of such sidewalks, by a justice of the peace, who was, under said charter, given jurisdiction thereof, and authorized to render a special judgment thereon, where the amounts due thereon did not exceed $300. On the same…
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