Legal Opinion

Little v. Page

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided August 15, 1869PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error to Fifth District Court. relied on 2 Kent’s Com., 10th ed., p. 657, § 498 ; Hugh v. Palmer, 5 Johns. Ch. 437; Whitewell v. Vincent, 4 Pick. 449 ; Carlisle v. Gardner, 2 Hill., N. Y., 345; Russell v. Morrow, 22 Wend. 661; DeWolf v. Babbitt, 4 Mason, 294 ; Cox v. Hardin, 4 East. 211; Brown v. Hudgson, 2 Campb. 36; Browning v. Wendkam, 5 Wend. 189 ; Haggerty v. Palmer, 6 Johns. 487; Clint.

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Error to Fifth District Court. relied on 2 Kent’s Com., 10th ed., p. 657, § 498 ; Hugh v. Palmer, 5 Johns. Ch. 437; Whitewell v. Vincent, 4 Pick. 449 ; Carlisle v. Gardner, 2 Hill., N. Y., 345; Russell v. Morrow, 22 Wend. 661; DeWolf v. Babbitt, 4 Mason, 294 ; Cox v. Hardin, 4 East. 211; Brown v. Hudgson, 2 Campb. 36; Browning v. Wendkam, 5 Wend. 189 ; Haggerty v. Palmer, 6 Johns. 487; Clint. N. Y. Dig. 2917, §§ 34-6, p. 1441, §§113-15, 119, and authorities there cited; 1 Pars, on Cont., 5th ed., p. 537 ; 1 Chit. Blackst. 313 ; Hussey v. Thornton, 17 Mass. 606; 3 U. S. Dig. 368, §§ 228-31;…

1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge

This was an action brought in the Andrew County Circuit Court, under the statute for the claim and delivery of personal property, to recover possession of a mare. The record discloses the following facts: The defendant Page, being the owner of the mare in controversy, sold her to one Hall for the sum of $100 — Hall paying $50 down, and agreeing to pay the balance within three months. By the terms of the contract, Hall was authorized to get the mare, and take her to and keep her on the premises, and under the control and in the possession of one Cobb (with whom Hall then made his home), until…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Parmlee v. CatherwoodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1865

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Ridgeway v. KennedySupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  3. Robbins v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
  4. Skinner v. OakesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1881
  5. Defiance Machine Works v. TrislerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1886

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