Suhre v. Busch
Decision Date | 10 October 1938 |
Docket Number | 35216 |
Citation | 120 S.W.2d 47,343 Mo. 170 |
Parties | Lilly Anheuser Suhre v. Adolphus Busch III and August A. Busch, Jr., Executors of the Will of August A. Busch, Appellants |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Reported at 343 Mo. 170 at 193.
Original Opinion of October 10, 1938, Reported at 343 Mo. 170.
Hyde C. Ferguson and Bradley, CC., concur.
OPINIONHYDE
On Motion for Rehearing.
Plaintiff's motion for rehearing is mainly a reargument of questions decided and hence does not comply with our Rule 21. Nevertheless, we have reexamined these questions and concluded that the rulings made are correct. However, we deem it advisable to point out that, in addition to the grounds stated in the opinion for dismissing plaintiff's bill, there is still another reason why plaintiff's bill must be dismissed. It is that even if it could be held that tender by plaintiff could be excused, on any ground, plaintiff could not be entitled to specific performance because it appears from her own evidence, as a matter of law, that she never was either ready or able to make performance on April 16, 1931, or at any time between April 16, 1931, and May 16, 1931. Mr. Steinberg testified for plaintiff concerning the dealings he had with her and her husband, as follows:
Mr. Steinberg further testified that he heard nothing more from them until he met Mr. Suhre in the lobby of an office building and that he then had the following conversation with him:
Plaintiff testified as to this arrangement thus:
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