Legal Opinion

Mullanphy v. St. Louis County Court

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided September 15, 1840PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. 1st. That the said circuit court gave judgment below it. favor of defendant in error, and against plaintiff in error whereas, by law, the said circuit court ought to have giver .judgment below in favor of plaintiff in error, and agains' defendant in error. 2d.

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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. 1st. That the said circuit court gave judgment below it. favor of defendant in error, and against plaintiff in error whereas, by law, the said circuit court ought to have giver .judgment below in favor of plaintiff in error, and agains' defendant in error. 2d. That the said circuit court overruled plaintiff in er ror’s motion for a mandamus to issue to defendant in erro: commanding them to grant plaintiff in error an appeal whereas, by the law of the land, such motion ought to hav* been sustained by the said circuit court. 3d. That the said circuit court…

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Opinion of the Court by

Tompkins Judge. McGirk Judge not sitting.

The county court of St. Louis county on the 10th day of June, in the veer 1840, granted to Muilanphy letters of administration on the estate of Andrew J. Davis, and on the next day, to wit: on the 11th day of June, the court revoked those letters. Muilanphy prayed an appeal which thecoun*565ty court refused to allow, Mullanphy filed in the circuit court of St. Louis county a petition for a rule on the county court, to shew cause why a mandamus should not issue from the circuit court, commanding the county court tc grant him an appeal…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Grover v. FowlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  2. State Ex Rel. Gardner v. HallSupreme Court of Missouri · 1920
  3. State ex rel. Adamson v. CollierMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895
  4. Union Savings & Trust Co. v. EddingfieldIndiana Court of Appeals · 1922
  5. State Ex Rel. Dryden v. ThymMissouri Court of Appeals · 1955

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