Kitchen v. Cape Girardeau & State Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. I. The answer converted this ease into an equitable proceeding, and it was error to give tbe case to a. jury. (Weil vs. Hume, 49 Mo., 158; Freeman vs. Wilkerson, 50 Mo. 554.) II. The burden was on tbe plaintiff to show tbe authority of tbe company to make the contract sued on. (Hesse vs. Mo. State Mut. Fire Ins.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. I. The answer converted this ease into an equitable proceeding, and it was error to give tbe case to a. jury. (Weil vs. Hume, 49 Mo., 158; Freeman vs. Wilkerson, 50 Mo. 554.) II. The burden was on tbe plaintiff to show tbe authority of tbe company to make the contract sued on. (Hesse vs. Mo. State Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 21 Mo., 91; Hardesty vs. New-by, 28 Mo.., 567; Sone vs. Palmer, 28 Mo., 539 ; AngelCorp., 223, 234.) ' ' I. Where fraud is pleaded asa defense to an action at law for the recovery of money, and the answer does not show a state of facts…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, Judge
The petition stated in substance, that defendant, by a resolution of its ,board of directors, adopted May 23, 1870, employed plaintiff as its general agent., with an extensive range of powers and duties for the management of its external affairs; that his salary was to be $10,000 per annum, and the engagement was to continue at least six months, or until a contract made on the same day by defendant with the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company, should be rescinded; that plaintiff entered immediately upon the discharge of his duties, and thenceforth was at all times willing, and held himself in…
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