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  • Leeper v. Taylor

    111 Mo. 312 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Jul 2, 1892

    Pomeroy on Equity Jurisprudence [2 Ed.] sec. 1421; Marvin v. Brooks, 94 N. Y. 71 ; Clarke v. Pierce, 52 Mich. 157 . … The case of Wade v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • State v. Steward

    734 S.W.2d 821 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Jul 14, 1987

    Donald Steward (appellant) was indicted in separate counts for the first degree mur *822 ders of two sisters, Ruthie Brown (Ruthie) and Faustina Brown (Faustina) pursuant to § 565.020.1. 1 It was alleged (Count I) appellant … of Faustina Brown “by striking her” on October 7,1984.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Carter v. Ries

    378 S.W.2d 487 · Supreme Court of Missouri · May 11, 1964

    Brown v. Scullin Steel Co., 364 Mo. 225 , 260 S.W.2d 513, 518 [3]. … As stated in the case of Brown v. Scullin Steel Company, the rule of Bailey v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • State v. Williams

    729 S.W.2d 197 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Apr 14, 1987

    San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriquez, 411 U.S. 1, 17 [ 93 S.Ct. 1278, 1288 , 36 L.Ed.2d 16 ] (1973)"; State Board of Registration v. Giffen, 651 S.W.2d 475, 479 (Mo. banc 1983). … Brown, 718 S.W.2d 493 (Mo. banc 1986), we would not allow a defendant charged with abusing a stepchild to show that there was a good family relationship.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Bernero v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.

    287 Mo. 602 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Apr 30, 1921

    It was advanced in the case of RoBards v. Brown, 167 Mo. 447 . George Brown, the testator, had three sons and one daughter, all married. He bequeathed one dollar to each of them. … Brown, wife of my son J. Van Brown; to my daughter-in-law, Delia A. Brown, wife of my son John J. Brown; and to my son, William G. Brown, each an undivided one-fourth part of my personal and real estate.”

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Landau v. Travelers Insurance

    315 Mo. 760 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Oct 8, 1926

    [Landau v. Insurance Co., 305 Mo. 563 , 267 S. W. 376 .] A companion case, upon a policy of accident insurance written by a different company, was also decided by this court. [Landau v. Pacific Mut. … [Landau v. Insurance Co., 267 S. W. 379 , column 1.] We therefore regard it as unnecessary again to consider the same question.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Henry v. Bell

    75 Mo. 194 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Oct 15, 1881

    Louis Building Savings Association v. Lightner, 47 Mo. 393 ; State to use of Pacific R. R. Co. v. Dulle, 48 Mo. 282 . … Walter v. Ford, 74 Mo. 195 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • First National Bank v. Kirby

    269 Mo. 285 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Dec 20, 1916

    It would serve no good purpose to review the legislation in this State relating to the law of married women, as the subject was fully considered in the two cases of Brown v. … In Brown v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. Hammer v. Wiggins Ferry Co.

    208 Mo. 622 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Dec 24, 1907

    [Gloucester *644 Ferry Co. v. Pennsylvania, 114 U. S. 196 ; St. Clair County v. Interstate Land & Car Trans. Co., 192 U. S. 454 ; Louisville Ferry Co. v. Kentucky, 188 U. S. 385 , St. Louis v. … [McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316 ; Hays v. Pacific Mail Co., 17 How. 599 ; St. Louis v. Wiggins Ferry Co., 11 Wall. 423 ; Morgan v. Parham, 16 Wall. 471 ; Louisville Ferry Co. v. Kentucky, 188 U. S. 385 .]

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Kochtitzky v. St. Louis, Memphis & Southeastern Railroad

    236 Mo. 94 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Jul 3, 1911

    Board of Supervisors, 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 437; Mound City Land and Stock Company v. Miller, supra; Spencer v. Merchant, 125 U. S. 345 .] … S. 561 ; State ex rel. v. Board of County Commissioners, 87 Minn. l. c. 336; Irrigation District v. Williams, 76 Cal. l. c. 367.] V.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Volker v. Kirby

    345 Mo. 801 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Jan 22, 1940

    The maintenance of an election board is a state function. Indeed, respondent does not contend that the maintenance of such a board is not a state function. … [State ex rel. v. Owsley, 122 Mo. 68 , 26 S. W. 659 ; State ex rel. Lynn v. Board of Education, 141 Mo. 45 , 41 S. W. 924 ; State ex rel. v. Mason, 153 Mo. 23 , 54 S. W. 524 ; State ex rel. Wm. C. Reynolds et al. v. Hy.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Commercial Bank v. Barksdale

    36 Mo. 563 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Oct 15, 1865

    (Edw. on B. 466 ; Leftly v. Mills, 4 T. R. 174; Carmichael v. Bank of Penn., 4 How., Miss. 567; Sarcider v. Brown, 3 McLean, 481 ; Onondagua Co. Bank v. Bates, 3 Hill. 53; Chenoweth v. Chamberlain, 6 B. Mon. 60 .) … (Caster v. Brown, 7 Humph. 548 .)

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Dixon v. Hood

    7 Mo. 414 · Supreme Court of Missouri · May 15, 1842

    In the case of Blackett v. Wier, 11th Eng. Com. L. … Brown Brown, 4 Taunton, 752.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Vaile v. City of Independence

    116 Mo. 333 · Supreme Court of Missouri · May 30, 1893

    Rowland v. Gallatin, 75 Mo. 134 , and cases cited; Worley v. Inhabitants, 88 Mo. 106 . The evidence to support the first count was, therefore, properly held insufficient on demurrer. … Under the ruling of this *338 court in Cross v. City of Kansas, 90 Mo. 13 , all who signed the petition were estopped to claim damages from the city, for doing that which they asked to have done.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Savings Bank v. Hunt

    72 Mo. 597 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Oct 15, 1880

    State v. Lusk, 18 Mo. 333 ; State v. The Auditor, 38 Mo. 193 . … Many of the eases are cited by Judge Dillon in his opinion in Harris v. Babbitt, 4 Dill. Cir. Ct. 191; among them Moss v. The State, 10 Mo. 333 , also cited as sustaining that view in Dover v. Twombly, 42 N.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Committee for Educational Equality v. State

    878 S.W.2d 446 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Jun 21, 1994

    Fugel v. Becker, 2 S.W.2d at 746. … See Brown v. Board. of Educ., 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686 , 98 L.Ed. 873 (1984).

    Cited 189 timesPublished
  • Town of Montevallo v. Village School District

    268 Mo. 217 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Jun 2, 1916

    On July 19,1886, the board of trustees of the town of Montevallo made upon its record an order, the effective portion of which is as follows: “It is ordered by the board of trustees'of the town of Montevallo, that *221 the … Board of Education of Edina, 73 Mo. 295 , in which case the facts were substantially the same as those disclosed by this record.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Landau v. Pac. Mutl. Life Insurance Co.

    305 Mo. 542 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Dec 18, 1924

    There is a running board along the right-hand side of the ear for passengers to step on in boarding the car, and handholds on the ends of the seats to assist the passenger in lifting himself from the running board to the … [Griffith v. Continental Casualty Co., 290 Mo. 455 ; Griffith v. Continental Casualty Co. (second appeal), 299 Mo. 426 .] II.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Dreessen v. National Building Material Co.

    319 Mo. 1010 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Apr 11, 1928

    The board was twelve inches wide and an inch thick and the upper surface was greased. After the board had been put in place they lowered the truck with the jack until the wheel, if'revolved, would just clear the board. … [Burkard v. Rope Co., 217 Mo. 466 , 117 S. W. 35 ; Wagner v. Gilsonite Co., 220 S. W. 890 .]

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Martin v. Michael

    23 Mo. 50 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Mar 15, 1856

    In Angell v. Draper, (1 Vern. 399,) and Shirley v. … The reason of the rule is equally applicable to both classes of cases ; and so *57 it was expressly decided in tbe Supreme Court of New Jersey, in Melville v. Brown, (1 Harrison, 367.) Let tbe judgment stand affirmed.

    Cited 18 timesPublished

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