American Forest Co. v. Hall
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Harris Robinson, Judge. (1) The pledgees, had they so elected, could have proceeded in their own names. 3 R. C. L. sec. 202, p. 994; 21 R. C. L. secs. 29 and 31, pp. 666 to 669; Logan v. Smith, 62 Mo. 455; White v. Phelps 100 Am. Dec. (Minn.) 190. (2) But, having the consent of the pledgees, plaintiff American Forest Company, pledgor, also had the right to proceed in its name alone.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Harris Robinson, Judge. (1) The pledgees, had they so elected, could have proceeded in their own names. 3 R. C. L. sec. 202, p. 994; 21 R. C. L. secs. 29 and 31, pp. 666 to 669; Logan v. Smith, 62 Mo. 455; White v. Phelps 100 Am. Dec. (Minn.) 190. (2) But, having the consent of the pledgees, plaintiff American Forest Company, pledgor, also had the right to proceed in its name alone. Under the facts and circumstances above stated, this action was and is properly prosecuted in the name of American Forest Company as sole plaintiff, (a) Plaintiff is a…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
There is a mass of record in this case, and a brief for respondent (we mean designated as Statement, Brief and Argument) of 198 pages. The pertinent facts are within a small compass, as also are the legal questions involved.
On December 1, 1910, the Chicot County Cotton-Alfalfa Farm Company (a Missouri corporation) made and executed four notes of $15,000 each to the “American Forest Company” (a New York corporation). These four notes were secured by deed of trust on some lands in the State of Arkansas. The maker of these notes, as appears on the face thereof, was the Farm Company supra. On the…
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