Smith v. Nelson Land & Cattle Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas; John C. Pollock, Judge. Suit by the Nelson Land & Cattle Company against George H. Smith. From a judgment in favor of complainant, declaring all the notes sued on but one void in the hands of Smith for want of power in complainant to execute them, and granting judgment in favor of Smith on the one note, complainant appeals, and Smith prosecutes a cross-appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
These are appeals from a judgment rendered in an action brought by the Cattle Company against George H. Smith et al., for the purpose of having certain promissory notes, a mortgage securing the same, and assignments of certain land contracts and certificates executed for the same purpose canceled. Smith filed a cross-bill, asking to have the amount for which he held the notes, *58mortgage, contracts, and certificates as security ascertained, and a sale of the security to satisfy the same. The trial court granted the relief prayed by Smith as to one note of $1,600, and…
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