Legal Opinion
Heatwole v. Gorrell
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 15, 1886PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Error from Crawford District Court. Action brought by Gorrell & Mosteller against Heatwole, to recover damages for the breach of a certain written contract Trial at the January Term, 1885, and judgment for plaintiffs for $500 and costs. The defendant brings the case here. The opinion states the facts. .
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
"Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought in the district court of Crawford county, by Thomas S. Gorrell and Louis M. Mosteller, partners as Gorrell & Mosteller, against Joseph E. Heatwole, to recover $500 for an alleged breach of the following instrument in writing, to wit:
“Pittsburg, Kansas, Feb’y 267 1883.—I, Joseph F. Heatwole, of the city of Pittsburg and county of Crawford and state of Kansas, bind myself in the sum of five hundred dollars to Thomas S. Gorrell, Louis M. Mosteller, and James J. Avery, in the county and state above mentioned, that…
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