Garesche v. President of St. Vincent's College
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas.—Hon. Hamilton G. Wilson, Judge. This was a suit for the value of professional services rendered by the plaintiff, as attorney, to the defendants, in certain suits brought against them by one Dougherty, The first suit was brought to set aside and annul certain deeds conveying the site of defendants’ college, the site of a Catholic church and a farm near the town of Cape Girardeau.
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Appeal from Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas.—Hon. Hamilton G. Wilson, Judge. This was a suit for the value of professional services rendered by the plaintiff, as attorney, to the defendants, in certain suits brought against them by one Dougherty, The first suit was brought to set aside and annul certain deeds conveying the site of defendants’ college, the site of a Catholic church and a farm near the town of Cape Girardeau. When plaintiff, who resided in St. Louis, was employed to defend this suit, he reserved the right to have local counsel if necessary; but wishing to save the…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, C. J.
1. practice in suron“ous°instructl0ns' A rehearing was granted in this cause for the reason that it was brought to the attention of the courf that the printed abstract on which our opinion was founded, was incorrect, and that it appeared from the record in the cause that precisely the same instructions which were complained of by the appellant and were condemned in our opinion, were also given at the request of the appellant.
2. evidence. In our original opinion reversing the judgment of the common pleas court, we also stated that: “ The necessary correspondence between the plaintiff and…
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