Jarrett v. Morton
Decision Date | 31 July 1869 |
Citation | 44 Mo. 275 |
Parties | H. R. JARRETT, Plaintiff in Error, v. J. F. MORTON, Defendant in Error. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Error to Third District Court.
T. A. Sherwood, for plaintiff in error, relied, among others, upon the following authorities: State v. Harrold, 38 Mo. 496; State, to use, etc., v. Smith, 31 Mo. 566; State v. Wissmark et al., 36 Mo. 592; Young v. White, 18 Mo. 93; Beale v. Cullum, 31 Mo. 258; Bay v. Sullivan, 30 Mo. 191; Gonsolis v. Gearhart, 31 Mo. 585.
McAfee & Phelps, for defendant in error, relied upon the following authorities: 2 Pars. on Cont., 5th ed., 780-2; Moyer v. Shoemaker, 5 Barb. 319; Matteawan Co. v. Bentley et al., 13 Barb. 641; Wheaton v. Baker, 14 Barb. 594; Masson v. Bovet, 1 Den. 69; Hogan v. Weyer, 5 Hill. 389; Chit. on Cont. 646, 748; 1 Greenl. Ev. § 192.
The plaintiff brings his quantum meruit to recover for the services of a slave who was taken by the defendant, in January, 1862, from Greene county to Arkansas, and returned with him in 1864. The plaintiff recovered $20 in the Springfield Common Pleas, and the judgment was reversed in the District Court. The only matters complained of, or that can be considered, arise from the charge to the jury upon the trial below.
There were two defenses. First, that the services were worth nothing; and, second, an accord and satisfaction. The plaintiff had frequently demanded of the defendant payment for the services, and the latter uniformly disclaimed any indebtedness; but finally the plaintiff told him if he would give him a certain promissory note held by defendant against one Reynolds, upon which plaintiff was security, he would “square off.” Defendant gave him the note, which he put in his pocket without examination. The note was for $90, with indorsements, so that only about $50 were due upon it, which amount plaintiff collected. The plaintiff claims that there was no accord and satisfaction, for the reason that defendant deceived him in regard to the note, having induced him to believe that it was given for $125, and had been on interest for several years. The deception upon which he relied occurred some two years before, when he was endeavoring to buy the slave he afterward took to Arkansas. The plaintiff testifies that defendant then offered the note, among other things, in payment, and represented that it was given as above; and that, when he agreed to take it in satisfaction of his claim, he supposed there were nearly $200 due on it.
The defendant complains of the following instruction given on behalf of the plaintiff, to-wit:
The same point is raised in the following instruction, asked by defendant and refused:
The giving of the above instruction,...
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