Ward v. Moffett
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Si. Loids City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) It was error to admit the orders of the circuit . court in evidence. In re Young, • 7- Fed. Rep. 855; Curran v. Craig, 22 %Fed. Rep. 107; Hill v. Balcer, 111 Mass. 511. (2) It was error to admit evidence of any acts or orders made or done after the institution of this suit. (3) The third instruction given for defendant is entirely erroneous. Delano v. Curtis, 7 Allen, 471; 1 Chitty on PI. [16 Am.
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Appeal from the Si. Loids City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (1) It was error to admit the orders of the circuit . court in evidence. In re Young, • 7- Fed. Rep. 855; Curran v. Craig, 22 %Fed. Rep. 107; Hill v. Balcer, 111 Mass. 511. (2) It was error to admit evidence of any acts or orders made or done after the institution of this suit. (3) The third instruction given for defendant is entirely erroneous. Delano v. Curtis, 7 Allen, 471; 1 Chitty on PI. [16 Am. Ed.] 178; Cass v. Railroad, 1 E. D. Smith’s Rep. 522; Buxton v. Baugham, 6 C. & P. 672; Jones v‘. Hart, 2 Salk. 441;…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This was an action for a conversion of certain personal property consisting of clothing and household furniture. The answer set up, in substance, that the defendant had been appointed receiver, by the circuit coart of the city of St. Louis, of certain real estate, in an action wherein George P. Wolf and others were plaintiffs and wherein the plaintiffs in the present action were defendants ; that the defendant in this action had been, by the order of the court, directed to take possession of certain real estate and collect the rents thereof, and to open, by any proper means, such rooms as…
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