Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Dickinson
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
Related Laws
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Outcome
The court affirmed the validity of the adoption deed executed by James H. McLean and his wife, rejecting all of the plaintiffs' challenges to the sufficiency of the adoption under Missouri law.
Excerpt
<p>Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Blue Barth county, Severance, J., presiding, overruling its demurrer to the complaint.</p>
Similar Rulings
<p>Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Blue Barth county, Severance, J., presiding, granting a new trial after verdict directed for defendant, in an action to recover $1,107.55 for injuries to plaintiff’s premises caused by diversion of surface water.</p>
<p>Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Blue Barth ■county to recover damages to a lot on Washington street in Mankato, resulting from the acts of defendant in collecting water and ■discharging it upon plaintiff’s lot. A jury was waived, and the action tried before Severance, J., who ordered judgment for plaintiff. A new trial was refused, and the defendant appealed.</p>
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