Legal Opinion

Speer v. Burlingame

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 4, 1895PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. W. M. Robinson, Judge. (1) The change of venue from Grreene county as to appellants, against their protest, was error. It is doubtful if the venue of a civil case can be changed at all on the application of one of several defendants. It is certain that it can not be as to those not applying, if they resist it.

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Appeal from the Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. W. M. Robinson, Judge. (1) The change of venue from Grreene county as to appellants, against their protest, was error. It is doubtful if the venue of a civil case can be changed at all on the application of one of several defendants. It is certain that it can not be as to those not applying, if they resist it. Zeller v. Martin, 54 N. W. Rep. 330; Walcott v. Walcott, 32 Wis. 63; Rupp v. Swineford, 40 Wis. 28; Levy v. Martin, 48 Wis. 330; Jacubeck v. Hewitt, 61 Wis. 96; Sailly v. Hutton, 6 Wend. (N. Y.), 508; Legg v. Dorsheim et al., 19 Wend. (N.…

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.

This is an action founded on sec-; tions 2760 and 2761 of Eevised Statutes. The defend*82ants Burlingame, Paree and Newman, were respectively president, vice-president and cashier of the Bank of Commerce of Springfield, and, together with the other defendants, constituted the board of directors thereof. The petition contained three counts and alleged in substance that the said bank was insolvent and that defendants, as officers thereof, received the several deposits of plaintiff in said bank (amounting in the aggregate to the sumí of $2,500), after they had knowledge of the fact of the insolvent…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Clark's v. HannibalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1865
  2. Mooney v. KennettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
  3. Alcorn v. Chicago & Alton RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  4. Sweet v. MaupinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
  5. Stearns v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Thomasson v. Mercantile Town Mutual InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
  2. Jenkins v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1934
  3. Eads v. OrcuttMissouri Court of Appeals · 1899
  4. Bankers' Life Ass'n v. SheltonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1900
  5. Columbia Brewery Co. v. ForgeyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1909

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