Barnitz v. Beverly
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. On November 1, 1885, George A. Kirtland executed to Martha Barnitz several promissory notes, covering a principal debt of $1500 and interest, payable semi-annually for five years, at the rate of eight per cent per annum, and after maturity at the rate of twelve per cent per annum. These notes were secured by a mortgage of the same date upon a quarter section of land in Shawnee County, Kansas.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. On November 1, 1885, George A. Kirtland executed to Martha Barnitz several promissory notes, covering a principal debt of $1500 and interest, payable semi-annually for five years, at the rate of eight per cent per annum, and after maturity at the rate of twelve per cent per annum. These notes were secured by a mortgage of the same date upon a quarter section of land in Shawnee County, Kansas. The principal note and the last note for interest not having been paid, ah action was commenced, on January 21,1893, in the District Court of Shawnee…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shieas
No provision of the Constitution of the United States has received more frequent consideration by this court than that which provides that no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. This very frequency would appear to have rendered it difficult to apply the result of the court’s deliberations to new cases differing somewhat in their facts from those previously considered.
This record discloses that, in the present case, the Supreme Court of Kansas filed two opinions, in which, after elaborate reviews of the decisions of this court, opposite conclusions were reached. The…
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