Shuetze v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal 'from, St. Louis Land Court. On the trial, which was before the court sitting as a jury, the respondents offered to read in evidence a writing as follows : “This agreement, made this 20th day of June, 1857, between Kenneth Mackenzie, agent for Volney S. Stevenson, of the first part, and George Bailey, of the second part, witnesseth : That whereas the said parties are proprietors of adjoining lots of ground, or parcels of land, in block 87 of the city of St. Louis,…
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Appeal 'from, St. Louis Land Court. On the trial, which was before the court sitting as a jury, the respondents offered to read in evidence a writing as follows : “This agreement, made this 20th day of June, 1857, between Kenneth Mackenzie, agent for Volney S. Stevenson, of the first part, and George Bailey, of the second part, witnesseth : That whereas the said parties are proprietors of adjoining lots of ground, or parcels of land, in block 87 of the city of St. Louis, Mo., the northern line of the lot of the said party of the first part being the southern line of lot of the said party of…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
The contested questions arise upon the instructions refused for the defendants, touching the effect that is to be given to the contract in writing on which the action is founded. This was an agreement “ between Kenneth Mackenzie, agent for Yolney S. Stevenson, of the first part, and George Bailey, of the second part,” witnessing that “ whereas the said parties are proprietors of adjoining lots in block 87 of the city of St. Louis, the northern line of the lot of the said party of the first part being the southern line of the lot of the said party of the second part,” and continuing to the end…
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