Lapsley v. McKinstry

The error complained of in this case is, the giving instructions in the court below, on behalf of plaintiff, and the refusal of the second instruction asked for by defendant.

*246The action was brought by the plaintiff to recover money alleged to be due him by the defendant, for keeping defendant’s horses and buggies, and for the hire of horses and carriages by the defendant from plaintiff’s stable: The defendant denied the account, and claimed that the horses were kept, and the carriages and buggies furnished, whilst, he was acting as quartermaster of the United States, at St. Louis, for the…