Allred v. Bray
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Christian Circuit Court. The plaintiff asked the following instructions, which the court gave: 1. If defendant aided or assisted in taking the goods, or any part thereof, at the time specified, he is liable for the entire amount taken. 2. If the defendant was then aiding or abetting or countenancing said robbery, he is responsible for the damage sustained by plaintiff.
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Appeal from Christian Circuit Court. The plaintiff asked the following instructions, which the court gave: 1. If defendant aided or assisted in taking the goods, or any part thereof, at the time specified, he is liable for the entire amount taken. 2. If the defendant was then aiding or abetting or countenancing said robbery, he is responsible for the damage sustained by plaintiff. The defendant asked the following instructions : 1. Unless the defendant was present and took, or, being absent, endorsed the taking of the goods charged in the plaintiff’s petition, he is not liable for the goods…
1Opinion of the CourtEagg, Judge
There seems to be no principle of law better settled than that all persons who wrongfully contribute in any manner to the commission of a trespass, or after the same has been committed for their benefit assent to it, are responsible as principals, and each one liable to the extent of the injury done. This was an action of trespass instituted against the appellant Bray, who, as the petition alleges, together with other persons unknown to the respondent, wrongfully took a large quantity of goods, the property of respondent, by which he was damaged in the sum of three thousand dollars.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
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