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13 Mo. 80

Scoggin v. Wilson

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 15, 1850

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1850-01-15

Elizabeth W. Scoggin sued Henry B. Roberts, Robert Wilson, Hiram Rich, William Cunningham and James P. Burnes in trespass, in the Atchison Circuit Court, for taking and converting to their use one trunk and its contents, consisting of about $300. To the declaration the defendants plead the general issue. The plaintiff then filed a petition for discovery.

Decided 1850-01-15

RYLAND, J.

¶1Prom the above statement, it will be apparent that the act of the court below, in giving the instruction for the defendants, Rich and Wilson, as appears in the record, is the principal ground of complaint.. 'T'he instruction is set forth in the staiement of the case, and is in our’ *60opinion erroneous. It takes tlie case from the jury, and means nothing more nor less than a positive direction for the jury to find for the defendants, Rich and Wilson. Similar instructions have heretofore been declared by this court a sufficient ground for its interference, and we see no good reason for a departure from our former course.(a) Let the judgment be reversed and cause remanded.

¶2(a) See Jones v. Talbot, 4 Mo. R. 285, and note.

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