Cathcart v. Foulke
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL FROM ST. LOUIS COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. cited : 12 Eng. Com. L. R. 198. cited: Story on Contracts, 149; Abbott on Shipping, 97 ; 3 Kent, 154; Story on Partnership, 456 ; 7 Conn. R. 95 ; 14 Johns. R. 318; 2 Greenleaf, § 116 ; 13 Johns. R. 211; 1 Cowen, 109 ; 2 Esp. 527 ; 15 Mass. R. 521; 13 Pick. 484 ; 8 Ten. R. 186 ; 1 Yes. & Bea. 114, 118 ; 13 Pick. 484.
1Opinion of the CourtRylamd, J.
This case comes before this court by appeal from the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. The parties below submitted the case to the determination of the Court of Common Pleas, upon an agreed statement of facts, and that court found for the defendants. The plaintiff moved for a new-trial, which being denied him, he brings the case to this ceurt.
It appears that the facts embodied in this case, have in some measure been twice in this court before. Matson sued Field & Cathcart, the present plaintiff, to recover the value of a negro, which had been hired to them and which was lost. • In this suit…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Robinson v. SeayMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913