Legal Opinion

Kothman v. Skaggs

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1882PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Error from Leavenworth District Court. Action brought by E. H. Skaggs against E. J. Myers and others, to recover the sum of $16,000 with interest, alleged to be due on eight promissory notes given by J. J. Myers to the plaintiff, and to foreclose a mortgage on certain real estate given by the said Myers and wife to secure the payment of the notes.

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Error from Leavenworth District Court. Action brought by E. H. Skaggs against E. J. Myers and others, to recover the sum of $16,000 with interest, alleged to be due on eight promissory notes given by J. J. Myers to the plaintiff, and to foreclose a mortgage on certain real estate given by the said Myers and wife to secure the payment of the notes. Trial by the court, at the December Term, 1881, when the court made the following findings of fact and conclusions of law, to wit: CONCLUSIONS OF FACT. “First. That the plaintiff E. H. Skaggs has no interest whatever in this suit. “Second. That the…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

On August 17,1875, E. H. Skaggs commenced an action in the district court of Leavenworth county against E. J. Myers, Hettie V. Myers, George Myers, John J. Myers, Abram E. Myers, Robert E. L. Myers, Eva B. Myers, and Herman Markson, administrator of the estate, of J. J. Myers, deceased, and E. • Kothman; and afterward, Ewing M. Skaggs, O. O. Searcy, James F. Ellison and John O. Dewees (partners as Ellison & Dewees), F. W. Murray, Jonathan Nix and Leonidas J. Story (partners as Nix & Story), Mark A. Withers, and Archibald J. Larimore, were…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Scroggs v. TuttSupreme Court of Kansas · 1879
  2. Halsey v. Van VlietSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
  3. Case v. HueySupreme Court of Kansas · 1881

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Manley v. MayerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  2. Capital Bank v. HuntoonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  3. Kothman v. MarksonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  4. Baker v. HummerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
  5. Mawhinney v. DoaneSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889

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