Erie & Pacific Dispatch v. St. Louis Cotton Compress Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. cited: Burton v. Guryea, 45 111. 327; Buffington v. Ourtis, 15 Mass. 502 ; Bailey v. Smock, 61 Mo. 213 ; Lowenstein v. Knopf, 2 Mo. App. 159. cited : Murray v. Lardner, 2 Wall. 110; Goodman v. Harvey, 4 Ad. & E. 870; Hotchkiss v. National Bank, 21 Wall. 354; Hamilton v. Marks, 63 Mo. 167.
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
This action was begun before a justice of the peace, under the statute regarding claim of specific personal property. The property in dispute is two bales of cotton. These were delivered to plaintiff on its bond ; and judgment before the justice was for plaintiff.
On trial anew in the Circuit Court, the cause was tried without a jury, and there was a verdict and judgment in favor of defendant Squires, who alone had appealed from the justice. From this judgment plaintiff appeals.
There is no controversy whatever about the facts, which, so far as material, are as follows : —
Plaintiff is a common…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bailey v. SmockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
- Lowenstein v. KnopfMissouri Court of Appeals · 1876
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