Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Simpson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 19, 1910Published

Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Geo. E. Williams, Judge. (1) Calling a married woman by her former name is a misnomer. Traver v. Railroad, 3 Keys (N. Y. Ct. of App.) 497; Beavers v. Baucum, 33 Ark. 722; Commonwealth v. Brown, 2 Gray (Mass.) 358. See also: Dobell v. Loker, 1 Handy 574; Turner v. Gregory, 151 Mo. 103; Trayer v. Wood, 96 Mo. 478; Chamberlain v. Blodgett, 96 Mo. 483; Whelan v. Weaver, 93 Mo. 430; Burge v. Burge, 94 Mo.

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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Geo. E. Williams, Judge. (1) Calling a married woman by her former name is a misnomer. Traver v. Railroad, 3 Keys (N. Y. Ct. of App.) 497; Beavers v. Baucum, 33 Ark. 722; Commonwealth v. Brown, 2 Gray (Mass.) 358. See also: Dobell v. Loker, 1 Handy 574; Turner v. Gregory, 151 Mo. 103; Trayer v. Wood, 96 Mo. 478; Chamberlain v. Blodgett, 96 Mo. 483; Whelan v. Weaver, 93 Mo. 430; Burge v. Burge, 94 Mo. App. 15; Lorie v. Abernathy, 63 Mo. App. 248; Graton v. Land & Lbr. Co., 189 Mo. 322; Keaton v. Jorndt, 220 Mo. 117. (2) Attachment by misnomer is…

1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.

This contest is between two attaching creditors whose writs were levied on the same shares of bank stock owned by the defendant. The first action was instituted by respondent Gaius Paddock on September 23, 1907, before Justice Spaulding in the city of St. Louis. The defendant in said action was designated as Mae Becker, which had been her name until the summer of 1907, and she was known by it in St. Louis where she lived, and under it had made the lease Paddock sued on, his action being for five hundred dollars for the rent of the demised premises which accrued after she had abandoned them…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Cooper v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. Hardin v. LeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  3. Freeman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  4. Skelton v. SackettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
  5. Vincent v. MeansSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904

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