Renfrew v. Goodfellow
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Roí?. George R. Shields, Judge. (1) It was error on the part of the court to permit Joseph W. Dowler to testify relative to statements made by the plaintiff, especially in view of the fact that Joseph A. Goodfellow was hard of hearing and took no part in the conversation.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Roí?. George R. Shields, Judge. (1) It was error on the part of the court to permit Joseph W. Dowler to testify relative to statements made by the plaintiff, especially in view of the fact that Joseph A. Goodfellow was hard of hearing and took no part in the conversation. It was also error on the part of the court to permit Dowler to testify that plaintiff’s statement was loud enough for Good-fellow to hear, such testimony being clearly a conclusion of the witness and inadmissible. McLean v. Rutherford, 8 Mo. 109; Tufts v. City of Charleston, 4 Gray…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
This action was commenced in the probate court of the city of St. Louis by plaintiff, respondent here, exhibiting her demand against the then administrator of the estate of Joseph A. Good-fellow, deceased, for services rendered by her to the decedent and at his request, “as caretaker and nurse continuously from June 15, 1897, to July 24,1907, comprising one hundred and twenty-one months and nine days,” said to be of the reasonable value of $50 per month, aggregating $6065. Beyond this demand and an off-set or counterclaim, presented by defendant, being a note given by plaintiff to the order…
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- Stotler ex rel. Stotler v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Clarke v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Glasgow v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- Koch v. HebelMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
- Martin v. Capital InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
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