Medlin v. Brooks
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from Platte Circuit Court. The following are the points relied on by the appellants to reverse the judgment in this case: 1st. The damages are excessive, the verdict is against the weight of evidence, and the circuit court ought to have granted a new trial. See 4 vol. Mo. Reports 80. ^d.
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APPEAL from Platte Circuit Court. The following are the points relied on by the appellants to reverse the judgment in this case: 1st. The damages are excessive, the verdict is against the weight of evidence, and the circuit court ought to have granted a new trial. See 4 vol. Mo. Reports 80. ^d. This suit is brought by Brooks & Kavanaugh, against Medlin & Anderson, and the testimony, (if it proves any thing,) proves a contract between Brooks on the one part, and Medlin on the other, without any partnership being shown, and therefore the judgment ought to be reversed. See 1 Chitty 31, 84; 2d…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Brooks and Kavanaugh, against Medlin and Anderson, in which the plaintiffs recovered $212, 12 1-2 damages. After an unsuccessful application for a new trial, the defendants brought the cause here by appeal.
Medlin and Anderson, the defendants below, contracted with the county of Platte to build the foundation of a court house for said county : it was agreed that the work should be done with stone j and the face of the wall entirely around the house neatly hammered, and placed in the alternate ranges, of one thickness, as near as the quality of the…
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