St. Louis Perpetual Insurance v. Cohen
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The court erred in admitting the copies of instruments annexed to the deposition of Jones.
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APPEAL from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The court erred in admitting the copies of instruments annexed to the deposition of Jones. There was no evidence offered of any thing to prevent the production of the Originals. 2. The court erred in permitting the plaintiff to read in evidence the record from New York; and this error is not cured by the court after-wards on the plaintiff’s motion, telling the jury that the record was not before them. 8. The court erred in giving to the jury instructions that were directly contrary to eaeh other, and which were calculated…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
Cohen, the appellee, brought suit against the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of Mineral Point, and summoned the St. Louis Perpetual Insurance Company, the appellant, as garnishee. The service of the garnishment was made on the 24th Nov. 1841. To the usual interrogatories, the Insurance Company filed the following answers : This garnishee for answer to the allegations of the plaintiff says, that at' the time this garnishee was summoned in this case, this garnishee had not, nor has it since, nor has it now in its possession, custody or charge, any lands or tenements, goods or…
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