Edwards v. Murray
Wyoming Supreme Court
Eebob to District Court for Laramie County. HoN. Richard H. Scott, Judge. This action was originally brought in the District Court for Albany County and transferred on change of venue to Laramie county. Edward S. Murray sued to recover balance due from Griff W. Edwards upon a written contract for the sale and delivery of certain sheep.
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Eebob to District Court for Laramie County. HoN. Richard H. Scott, Judge. This action was originally brought in the District Court for Albany County and transferred on change of venue to Laramie county. Edward S. Murray sued to recover balance due from Griff W. Edwards upon a written contract for the sale and delivery of certain sheep. The officer in charge of the jury, after their retirement, in answer to a question from a juryman as to when they would be called info, court, said: “I suppose some time next week.” He made affidavit that said remark was made thoughtlessly, and in a joking…
1Opinion of the Court
CoNAway, Justice.
On September 12, 1892, by written contract between tbe parties, defendant in error sold to plaintiff in error “six thousand eight hundred (6,800) head of one and two year old wethers, all branded with an ‘S’ brand, and a part of them branded with an ‘M’ brand, being the one and two year old wethers purchased by the said party of the first part from Seldom, Eidge & Pebbles and Y. S. Acord.” It appears that instead of Seldom, Eidge & Pebbles there should have been written Seldomridge & Pebbles, a clerical error in reducing the contract to writing. These sheep were to be…
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