Valle v. Picton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. Tlie court of appeals erred in reversing the judgment of the circuit court. (1) Because the instruction on which the court reversed the judgment stated the law.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. Tlie court of appeals erred in reversing the judgment of the circuit court. (1) Because the instruction on which the court reversed the judgment stated the law. (2) There was no evidence in the record tending to show, either that Judge Clover, purporting to act for Mrs. Valle, the appellant, ever, in fact, made the alleged agreement set up in the answer as a defence to the action, or that Mrs. Valle ever gave Judge Clover, or any other person, authority to make such an agreement, or that she in person ever made such an agreement, and hence it is wholly…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, C. J.
This suit was instituted. in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, on the eighteenth of March, 1882. The petition contains three counts, the first two of which are based on promissory notes of the defendant, and the third is for recovery of money paid by plaintiff for defendant’s use. On the twenty-eighth of November, 1882, defendant filed an amended answer, admitting the execution and delivery of each of the notes set up in the petition, and the payment by plaintiff, at defendant’s request, of the note mentioned in the third count. The answer, as a defence to the several causes of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Leabo v. GoodeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Keith v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1840
- State v. BurnsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Vallé v. PictonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1884
3Cited by6 opinions
- Bonnifield v. ThorpDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1896
- State ex rel. Hamilton v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- State ex rel. Ponath v. MuenchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- Speer v. BurlingameMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895
- Munhall v. MitchellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
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