State v. Miller
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. For the particulars of the contract with Gregory referred to in the decision, see State v. Morrow, 26 Mo. 135. The interpretation of the law, and the contract under the law, by repeated adjudications of the court of last resort in this State, furnished a rule of property on which the defendant in this case had every reason to rely.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. For the particulars of the contract with Gregory referred to in the decision, see State v. Morrow, 26 Mo. 135. The interpretation of the law, and the contract under the law, by repeated adjudications of the court of last resort in this State, furnished a rule of property on which the defendant in this case had every reason to rely. (Ohio Life Ins. & Trust Co. v. Debolt, 16 How. 432; Gelpcke v. City of Dubuque, 1 Wall. 206 ; see also Dodge v. Woolsey, 18 How. 331, 360.) This case falls within the principle of the case of The State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
The appellant was convicted in the Court of Criminal Correction for selling lottery tickets in the Missouri State Lottery, for the benefit of the town of New Franklin, and he brings his case here for review by appeal. It is insisted by his counsel that according to the prior adjudications of this court the matter is conclusively settled, and that all further inquiry is precluded. The real question here presented has been passed upon by this court in three several decisions (State v. Hawthorn, 9 Mo. 389: State v. Morrow, 12 Mo. 279; State v. Morrow, 26 Mo. 131).
Hawthorn’s case was decided upon…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. HawthornSupreme Court of Missouri · 1845
- State v. MorrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1857
- Morrow v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1848
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