Strange v. Crowley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Johnson Circuit Court. — Hoe. Noah M. GriVAH, Judge. (1) Tlie witness, Carradus, was incompetent to testify to contents of Strange’s letter, in reply to Crowley’s of November 2, 1882; he did not possess the necessary qualifications ; he had never seen Strange write, nor had he seen specimens of his hand-writing, and, afterwards, personally communicated with him respecting it.
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Error to Johnson Circuit Court. — Hoe. Noah M. GriVAH, Judge. (1) Tlie witness, Carradus, was incompetent to testify to contents of Strange’s letter, in reply to Crowley’s of November 2, 1882; he did not possess the necessary qualifications ; he had never seen Strange write, nor had he seen specimens of his hand-writing, and, afterwards, personally communicated with him respecting it. Bey-burn v. Belloti, 10 Mo. 597 ; Slate ■». Scott, 45 Mo. 302; State v. Clinton, 67 Mo. 380 ; State v. Stair, 87 Mo. 268 ; Abbot’s Trial Evid. [Ed. 1881] pp. 394, 395; 1 Greenl. on Evid. [Ed. 1866] secs. 477-8;…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, C. J.
Plaintiff brought his bill in equity to enforce the specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of certain land in Johnson county, which the trial conrt refused to decree, and rendered judgment for the defendant, and it is this action of the court that we are asked to review on writ of error.
On the' trial, in support of the claim for relief sought by the petition, plaintiff put in evidence, among other letters, the following:
“ St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 2, 1882.
“ J. C. Strange, Hsq.,—
' “ Your recent letter to hand. Glad to know you are well. I am still in the city, but expect every day…
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