Stone v. Neeley

Ryan, C.

In the petition filed in the district court of Buffalo county this cause was entitled “ Rebecca S. Neeley, plaintiff, v. H. L. Strong and George W. Stone, defendants.” Nowhere in the petition were the defendants described otherwise than above, except in the written contract, which formed the basis of plaintiff’s alleged cause of action. This contract was in the following language :

“Kearney, Nebraska, April 25, 1884.

“To whom it may concern: I hereby authorize Strong <& Stone to sell lots 499 and 500, in the city of Kearney, for the sum of ($3,000) three thousand dollars, deducting…