Merchant's Insurance v. Hauck
Citations
- 83 Mo. 21
Syllabus
<p>1. Practice: instructions, It is not error to refuse an instruction which is embraced in Others given.</p> <p>2. -: - — :-. An instruction which is defective by reason of ignoring an issue in the case is cured by one properly embracing it.</p> <p>3. Principal and Surety: promissory' note, extension ’ oe payment: consideration. An extension of the 'time of payment o’f a promissory note,'for a definite period, by agreement between the payee and maker, will, if based upon a sufficient consideration, . discharge the surety, if made without the latter’s knowledge and consent. The payment of interest in advance in pursuance of such agreement is a good and valuable consideration.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- relying on Dean and finding that trial “court’s careful limiting instructions protected the defendant against unfair prejudice by ensuring that the jury would not use the statement for any purpose other than to evaluate the credibility of the victim’s testimony”
- quantity of prior consistent statements to be admitted is within trial court’s sound discretion
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Judges: Ewing, Hough
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