Stoker v. Green
Decision Date | 05 March 1888 |
Citation | 7 S.W. 279 |
Parties | STOKER et al. v. GREEN. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from St. Louis circuit court; W. H. HORNER, Judge.
Ejectment by Helena Stoker et al., plaintiffs and appellants, against W. H. Green, defendant and appellee. At the close of the testimony on the trial of the case in the court below, the plaintiffs asked the court to give certain instructions and declarations of law in the case, which the court refused to give: To the action of the court in refusing to give plaintiffs' instructions the plaintiffs then and there duly excepted at the time.
Wm. B. Thompson, for appellants. R. S. McDonald, fo...
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