Chinn v. Bretches
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Pratt District Court. Action by Bretches and another against Chinn, to recover $300. Trial at the April term, 1887, and judgment for plaintiffs for $177. The defendant brings the case to this court. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action commenced by J. W. Bretches and G. S. Miller before a justice of the peace of Pratt county against J. P. Chinn, for the sum of $300. After judgment in the justice’s court, the defendant appealed to the district court, where, on the night of December 17, 1886, the case was regularly called for trial, and the plaintiffs not appearing, it was dismissed for want of prosecution. On the next day the plaintiffs appeared and moved the court to set aside the order of dismissal, and to reinstate the case on the docket, and filed…
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