Watson v. Race
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from ike Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) Our first point is that the court erred in refusing to allow the plaintiff to answer the question: “ State what occurred the first time that Dr. Ewing came to you and spoke to you about your services as an architect.”
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Appeal from ike Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) Our first point is that the court erred in refusing to allow the plaintiff to answer the question: “ State what occurred the first time that Dr. Ewing came to you and spoke to you about your services as an architect.” Watson distinctly states that he came to him from Mrs. Race as her agent; that he had been superintending" the residence Mrs. Race was then building, and that he, during the whole of that time, acted as her agent, 2 G-reenl. Ev. [Redfield’s Ed.] sec. 65. (2) Plaintiff sought to establish Broadwell’s authority…
1Opinion of the CourtGill, J.
Plaintiff Watson sued the defendant Race for and on account of certain services as architect, consisting of some preliminary sketches and drawings for a block of flats about to be erected by the defendant, Mrs. Race. The issues were tried before the court, without the aid of a jury, when finding and judgment was for defendant, and jflaintiff appeals. The matters of complaint are thus pithily expressed by plaintiff’s counsel. It is urged that “the court erred in refusing testimony offered by plaintiff; that it erred in admitting the cross-interrogations and answers thereto of Broad-well ; that…
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