Staroske v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon, Moses N; Sale, Judge. (1) Where an agency exists, coupled with an interest, such .agency is irrevocable. Lockart v, Forsythe, 49 Mo. App. 658; State ex rel. v. Walker, 88 Mo. 284; Hunt v. Rausmanier’s Admr., 8 Wheat. 174; Barr v. Schroeder, 32 Cal. 609; Coffin v. Landis, 46 Pa. St. 431; Blackstone v. Buttermore, 53 Pa.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon, Moses N; Sale, Judge. (1) Where an agency exists, coupled with an interest, such .agency is irrevocable. Lockart v, Forsythe, 49 Mo. App. 658; State ex rel. v. Walker, 88 Mo. 284; Hunt v. Rausmanier’s Admr., 8 Wheat. 174; Barr v. Schroeder, 32 Cal. 609; Coffin v. Landis, 46 Pa. St. 431; Blackstone v. Buttermore, 53 Pa. St. 266; South v. Kerman, 5 Weekly Law Bui. 145; Powell v. Road Co., 24 Ala. 441. This court in numerous cases held that where an agency is created, and although the agent has no property or interest in the agency, if the agent…
1Opinion of the Court
BLAIR, C.
— This is an appeal from an order overruling’ a motion to set aside a nonsuit taken when, the court below, at the beginning of the trial, sustained, an objection to the introduction of evidence under the following petition:
“Plaintiff states that defendant is and at all times hereinafter mentioned was a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, engaged in publishing and selling a daily newspaper in the city of St. Louis, called the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and caused the said newspaper to be delivered to its subscribers in said city of St. Louis by means of a…
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- Stonega Coal & Coke Co. v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
- Whitwell v. Continental Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Harlow v. Oregonian Pub. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Newhall v. Journal Printing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Leach v. RhodesIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
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