Legal Opinion

Knapp v. Hanley

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 14, 1907PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Wm. M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) All of the instructions given by the court tender plaintiff’s theory of the case to the jury. These instructions are to be considered in their entirety and not as though each separate instruction was intended to embody the whole law of the case, and if taken as a whole they fairly state the law applicable to the case; this is sufficient.

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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Wm. M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) All of the instructions given by the court tender plaintiff’s theory of the case to the jury. These instructions are to be considered in their entirety and not as though each separate instruction was intended to embody the whole law of the case, and if taken as a whole they fairly state the law applicable to the case; this is sufficient. McKeon v. Railway, 43 Mo. 405; O’Connell v. Railway, 106 Mo. 482; Meade v. Railway, 68 Mo-. App. 92; Yoegeli v. Marble & Granite Co., 56 Mo. App. 678; Minter v. Bradstreet Co., 174…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. Mills v. MastMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Knapp v. HanleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910

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