Robinson v. Smith
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Daviess Circuit Court. — Hon. C. H. S. Goodman, Judge. The court erred in excluding the following testimony offered by the plaintiffs: Here the plaintiffs offered the bank books of Robinson & Stephens, consisting of ledger, cash book and balance book, kept in the transaction of their business as bankers, and showing the transaction with defendant, and offered to prove that they were accurately kept, and that by universal custom entries were made and the books…
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Appeal from the Daviess Circuit Court. — Hon. C. H. S. Goodman, Judge. The court erred in excluding the following testimony offered by the plaintiffs: Here the plaintiffs offered the bank books of Robinson & Stephens, consisting of ledger, cash book and balance book, kept in the transaction of their business as bankers, and showing the transaction with defendant, and offered to prove that they were accurately kept, and that by universal custom entries were made and the books written up each day from the checks of the customers and tickets of the teller, and that the books were balanced each…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
— The plaintiffs, who were bankers, brought suit against defendant before a justice of the peace to recover an overdraft of $50. On appeal to the circuit court there was a trial where the defendant had judgment. At the trial there was considerable evidence offered on each side, but the only question presented by the record arises out of the action of the trial court in rejecting plaintiffs’ offer of evidence. It appears that the plaintiffs offered to introduce their ledger, cash book and balance book kept in their bank showing the transactions with defendant; that such books were accurately…
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- Nelson v. NelsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- Anderson v. VolmerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- Hissrick v. McPhersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1855
- Hanson v. JonesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1886
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