Euneau v. Rieger
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — -Hon. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) Plaintiff can only recover upon the allegations in his petition. It is said in N. B. & C. R. & L. Co. v. Conybeare, 9 H. L. C. 724: “But it is most essential, in the administration of justice in a court of equity, that the nature of the case, when it is constituted of fraud, should be most accurately and fully stated in the bill of plaintiff.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — -Hon. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) Plaintiff can only recover upon the allegations in his petition. It is said in N. B. & C. R. & L. Co. v. Conybeare, 9 H. L. C. 724: “But it is most essential, in the administration of justice in a court of equity, that the nature of the case, when it is constituted of fraud, should be most accurately and fully stated in the bill of plaintiff. It is impossible to give relief merely upon a general charge that something has been done by a party, or has been obtained from a party, under the influence of fraud. It must be shown in…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
This was a suit in equity to set aside three certain conveyances to the north twenty feet of lot 284, in block 29, Old Town, Kansas City, Missouri; the one a conveyance made by respondent to Prank Y. Mills, March 14, 1887, another a conveyance made by said Mills to C. Frank Rieger, and the third a conveyance made by C. Frank Rieger to L. F. Rieger, and to reinvest the title to said lot in respondent.
The petition charges that on March 14, 1887, the plaintiff was the owner of the said property; that defendant, Lawrence F. Rieger, was then and had been for a number of years the agent of…
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