Morgan v. Porter
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jaclcson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) The court erred in excluding evidence offered by defendant Porter. (2) The court erred in admitting evidence offered by plaintiffs. (3) The declaration of an agent will not hold his principal, unless made at the'time of doing some act within the scope of his agency, and form a part of the transaction itself.
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Appeal from Jaclcson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) The court erred in excluding evidence offered by defendant Porter. (2) The court erred in admitting evidence offered by plaintiffs. (3) The declaration of an agent will not hold his principal, unless made at the'time of doing some act within the scope of his agency, and form a part of the transaction itself. McDermott v. Railroad, 87 Mo. 285 ; Adams v. Furnace Co., 78 Mo. 559 ; Scoville v. Glassner, 79 Mo. 449'; Ohillicothe ex rel. v. Raynard, 80 Mo. 185 ; Hamilton v. Berry, 74 Mo. 176, 553 ; Golsten v. Ebert, 52 Mo. 260. (4)…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
This is an action for specific performance of the following contract, viz. :
“I have this day sold to James Ellison for the price and sum of $4,500 the following described tract of land, lying in Jackson county, Missouri, to-wit: Beginning at the northwest corner of Twenty-sixth street and Troost av.enue, running thence north one hundred feet, thence west two hundred and ninety-eight and one-half feet, thence south one hundred feet, *138thence east along the north line of Twenty-sixth street two hundred and ninety-eight and one-half feet to the place of beginning. Bounded on the south by…
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