Craighead v. Wells
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Callaiuay Circuit Court. This was an action to recover damages for tbe alleged breach of an agreement under seal, by which the plaintiff contracted to furnish to the defendants “ one wagon and team (in conjunction with Alfred Bowman, part of said wagon and team,) and provisions for an overland trip to California," in consideration of which the defendants bound themselves, “ jointly and severally, to pay to said Craighead the one-half of all the net profit that…
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Appeal from Callaiuay Circuit Court. This was an action to recover damages for tbe alleged breach of an agreement under seal, by which the plaintiff contracted to furnish to the defendants “ one wagon and team (in conjunction with Alfred Bowman, part of said wagon and team,) and provisions for an overland trip to California," in consideration of which the defendants bound themselves, “ jointly and severally, to pay to said Craighead the one-half of all the net profit that they may make from the first six months’ work after they have gotten to work in the mines of California, or in other…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
1. The main point on which the appellant relied for a reversal of this judgment is not saved by the bill of exceptions. The evidence in relation to the agency of Bowman was objected to by the appellant, but it does not appear that he saved any exceptions to its admission.
The defence mostly relied on was, that Bowman, the son-in-law of the appellant, was his agent in the undertaking, and by his conduct compelled the respondents to leave his service. Evidence of the acts and declarations of this Bowman to prove his agency, were given in evidence, to which the appellant objected, but it does not…
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- Koegel v. GivensSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Streeter v. PoorSupreme Court of Kansas · 1868
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