Thompson v. White
Supreme Court of Colorado
jError to the District Court of San Juan County. The original complaint was filed in the district court of San Juan county on August 6, 1890, and contained eleven separate causes of action,—seven upon promissory notes, two on overdue hook accounts, and two on time cheeks assigned to the plaintiff. To the action L. 0. Thompson and F. L. Thompson were made defendants.
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jError to the District Court of San Juan County. The original complaint was filed in the district court of San Juan county on August 6, 1890, and contained eleven separate causes of action,—seven upon promissory notes, two on overdue hook accounts, and two on time cheeks assigned to the plaintiff. To the action L. 0. Thompson and F. L. Thompson were made defendants. On the same day a writ of attachment was sued out, and five days thereafter returned into court with the sheriff’s indorsement thereon to the effect that he had taken into his possession certain personal property of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Campbell
(after stating the facts) delivered the opinion of the court.
Twenty-six errors are assigned by plaintiff in error, and all of them are argued by counsel on both sides with thoroughness and marked ability. Many of the questions discussed are important, and, if necessary to pass upon all of them, our task would be difficult. The defendant in error himself admits, in argument, that the judgment upon several of the causes of action was improper, and that errors in the computation of interest were made. Two of the questions presented go to the very heart of the controversy, and the resolution of…
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