Legal Opinion

Davis v. Perry

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided August 15, 1870PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Fifth District Court. This case is improperly in this court. The judgment appealed from is not a final judgment, the record showing that the only final judgment rendered in the cause was a judgment by the agreement of the parties, from which no appeal was ever talcen.

1Opinion of the CourtCurrier, Judge

This suit was commenced by summons. After the defendants appeared and filed their answer, the plaintiffs prayed out a writ of attachment in aid of the suit. One of the defendants thereupon filed a plea in the nature of a plea in abatement to the attachment, raising issues upon the attachment affidavit. These issues were tried by jury, and found for the defendants. Judgment was rendered upon the verdict for the defendants, abating the attachment and for costs. The issues arising upon the petition and answer were then continued by agreement to the next succeeding term for trial. At the…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Pittman v. the City of El RenoSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1896
  2. Butcher v. TaylorSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
  3. Wirt v. DinanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890
  4. Jones v. EvansSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  5. Walser v. HaleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1875

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