Snyder v. Hopkins

CourtMissouri Supreme Court
Writing for the CourtHOLMES
CitationSnyder v. Hopkins, 39 Mo. 418 (Mo. 1867)
Decision Date31 January 1867
PartiesJOSEPH E. SNYDER AND THERESA SNYDER, Plaintiffs in Error, v. CHARLES G. HOPKINS, Defendant in Error.

Error to Kansas City Common Pleas Court.

M. D. Trefen, for plaintiffs in error.

J. Browne Hovey, for defendant in error.

HOLMES, Judge, delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case, the attorneys of the parties file an agreement to submit the case upon the record, without assignment of errors, joinder in error, or briefs. This kind of practice cannot be allowed. We discover no error in the judgment of the court below.

Judgment affirmed.

The other judges concur.

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  • Flannery v. Kansas City
    • United States
    • Missouri Court of Appeals
    • June 30, 1886
    ...as a record, that which, by law, cannot be. They cannot, even by agreement, dispense with briefs and assignments of errors. Snyder v. Hopkins, 39 Mo. 418; Dissee v. Frank, 52 Mo. 551. We cannot try a sham case because parties agree we may. I deem the decision in this cause contrary to the d......
  • Flannery v. Kansas City, St. J. & C.B. Ry. Co.
    • United States
    • Kansas Court of Appeals
    • June 30, 1886
    ... ... Commissoners, 21 Kan. 484; ... Railroad v. McCandliss, 33 Kan. 366. They ... were evasive and will not support a general verdict ... Hopkins v. Stanley, 43 Ind. 553 ...          IV. The ... motion for judgment on the special findings in ... defendant's favor should have been ... law, cannot be. They cannot, even by agreement, dispense with ... briefs and assignments of errors. Snyder" v. Hopkins, ... 39 Mo. 418; Dissee v. Frank, 52 Mo. 551 ...          We ... cannot try a sham case because parties agree we may ...  \xC2" ... ...
  • Roberts v. Hogan
    • United States
    • Missouri Court of Appeals
    • February 9, 1925
    ...work of the appellate courts. Wade v. Bankers' Life Association, 145 Mo. App. 172, 129 S. W. 1004; Disse v. Frank, 52 Mo. 551; Snyder v. Hopkins, 39 Mo. 418; State v. Tope, 19 Mo. App. 273; Woodward v. Hodge. 24 Mo. App. It has also been held that failure to file a clear and concise stateme......
  • Owens v. Sinklear
    • United States
    • Missouri Supreme Court
    • May 23, 1892
    ... ... Sylvester, 99 Mo. 276; Flannery v. Railroad, 97 ... Mo. 192; Hyatt v. Wolfe, 22 Mo.App. 462; Disse ... v. Frank, 52 Mo. 551; Snyder v. Hopkins, 39 Mo ... 418. (2) The appellants, in their separate answer, raised the ... issue of ademption or satisfaction of the devise of one ... ...
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