Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Co. v. Beuckman
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. —Hon. Kent G. Koerner, Judge. (1) Part A. The burden of proof is the duty resting upon the party who asserts the affirmative of an issue to prove the same by a preponderance of the evidence. Ranney v. Lewis, 182 Mo. App. 58, 64, 167 S. W. 601; Glover v. Henderson, 120 Mo. 367, 381, 35 S. W. 175, 41 Am. St. Rep. 695; Bathe v. Insurance Co., 152 Mo.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. —Hon. Kent G. Koerner, Judge. (1) Part A. The burden of proof is the duty resting upon the party who asserts the affirmative of an issue to prove the same by a preponderance of the evidence. Ranney v. Lewis, 182 Mo. App. 58, 64, 167 S. W. 601; Glover v. Henderson, 120 Mo. 367, 381, 35 S. W. 175, 41 Am. St. Rep. 695; Bathe v. Insurance Co., 152 Mo. App. 87, 94, 132 S. W. 743. (2) Where there is a finding of fact by the lower court sitting as a jury, and the record discloses sufficient evidence to sustain that finding, the appellate court…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
This action, commenced by plaintiff below, now respondent as well as plaintiff in error, counts on a promissory note dated at St. Louis, February 1, 1910, for $2991.18, the note signed by appellant and defendant in error, the amount payable after date on demand with interest to be compounded annually. Judgment is asked for the amount of the note and interest.
The answer, admitting the execution and delivery of the note, after denying any indebtedness thereon, by way of defense states that in the years 1907 and 1908 and prior thereto, defendant was engaged in the mercantile business as a retail…
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