West v. Freeman
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Polk Circuit Court— Hon. Argus Cox, Judge. (1) The conversation between Mrs. Freeman and T. G. Rechow was not privileged. Aultman é Co. v. Daggs, 50 Mo. App. 298; Wilson v. Godlove, 34 Mo. 337; State v. Hedgepeth, 125 Mo. 18, 20; Hickman v. Green, 123 Mo. 179, point 3; Weeks on Attorneys at Law, sec. 151. (2) There was no relation of attorney and client existing.
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Appeal from the Polk Circuit Court— Hon. Argus Cox, Judge. (1) The conversation between Mrs. Freeman and T. G. Rechow was not privileged. Aultman é Co. v. Daggs, 50 Mo. App. 298; Wilson v. Godlove, 34 Mo. 337; State v. Hedgepeth, 125 Mo. 18, 20; Hickman v. Green, 123 Mo. 179, point 3; Weeks on Attorneys at Law, sec. 151. (2) There was no relation of attorney and client existing. Hickman v. Green, 120 Mo. 187, point 6; Weeks on Attorneys at Law, sec. 183, and last part of section 185; Basye v. State, 63 N. W. Rep. 818; Weinstein v. Beid, 25 Mo. App. 48. (3) When a party is consulted as a…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
Statement. This is a suit originating before a justice of the peace. The plaintiff’s statement alleged, in substance, that the defendant agreed ' ^ to pay one I. M. Clubb the sum of $75 for services rendered her in locating a claim in the Cherokee Strip, and that said “Clubb has assigned said debt and all rights thereunder to plaintiff,” etc.
The plaintiff introduced evidence sufficient to establish his prima fade right to recover. The evidence adduced by the defendant was about to this effect: That she was one of the thousands who, on the sixteenth of September, 1893, “made the run” into what…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hickman v. GreenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- C. Aultman & Co. v. DaggsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
- Hull v. LyonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1858
- Cross v. RigginsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
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- West v. FreemanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1898