Morrissey v. Wiggins Ferry Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jippcal from St. Louis Circuit Court. For tbe main facts in this case see 43 Mo. 380. The court erred in excluding the Buffalo depositions offered by defendant. (Childress v. Cutter, 16 Mo. 24.) We understand the rule, as declared in that case, to be that if the country where such registers are kept recognizes them as authentic, they will be admitted here.
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Jippcal from St. Louis Circuit Court. For tbe main facts in this case see 43 Mo. 380. The court erred in excluding the Buffalo depositions offered by defendant. (Childress v. Cutter, 16 Mo. 24.) We understand the rule, as declared in that case, to be that if the country where such registers are kept recognizes them as authentic, they will be admitted here. In New York, where these depositions were taken, entries of baptisms and marriages from church registers are admissible in evidence, independent of any statute declaring them admissible. (Jackson v. King, 5 Cow. 237-8, 241; Maxwell v.…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
When this case was here on a former occasion the judgment was reversed on account of the ruling of the court below in refusing certain instructions asked by the plaintiff. (Morrissey v. Wiggins Ferry Co., 43 Mo. 380.) After the case was remanded and upon a new trial, the law was declared in conformity to the rules laid down by this court, and there is now no controversy upon the question of instructions. But the defense was based upon two propositions: 1. That the accident was not caused by the negligence of the defendant, its officers or agents. 2. That the deceased daughter, Anna Morrissey,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Whitford v. . the Panama Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Morrissey v. Wiggins Ferry Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Childress v. CutterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1852
- Haile v. PalmerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1838
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- Brown v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Southern Illinois & Missouri Bridge Co. v. StoneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
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- Rositzky v. RositzkySupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
- Crouch v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890
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