Cosper v. Nesbit
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Chase District Court. T. B. Nesbit brought an action against George W. Cos-per before a justice of the peace, on July 1, 1886, to recover $49.25, alleged to be due on a written contract, of which the following is a copy: “Article of agreement entered into on this 2d day of November, 1882, between T. B. Nesbit, of the town of Bazaar, Chase county, Kansas, of the first part, and Geo.
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Error from Chase District Court. T. B. Nesbit brought an action against George W. Cos-per before a justice of the peace, on July 1, 1886, to recover $49.25, alleged to be due on a written contract, of which the following is a copy: “Article of agreement entered into on this 2d day of November, 1882, between T. B. Nesbit, of the town of Bazaar, Chase county, Kansas, of the first part, and Geo. W. Cosper, of the same county and state aforesaid, of the second part, witnesseth: The party of the first part, in consideration of the sum of $4,900, to him in hand paid by the party of the second part,…
1Opinion of the Court
*459The opinion of the court was delivered by
JOHNSTON, J.:
The principal controversy in the case arises upon that provision of the written contract in respect to obtaining the $1,250 loan, and the expense of securing it. Nesbit sold the farm of two hundred and forty acres to Cos-per for the stated consideration of $4,900, of which $200 was to be paid in cash, an existing mortgage on the land of $1,750 was to be assumed by Cosper, a payment of $1,700 was to be made on March 1, 1884, to be secured by a chattel mortgage on cattle of the value of $3,000; and for the remainder of the consideration…
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