Legal Opinion

Getty v. C. R. Barnes Milling Co.

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1888PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error from Glay District Court. ActioN brought by John Getty and Arthur Lakin, partners as John Getty da Co., against the C. JR. Barnes Milling Company, a corporation, to recover the purchase-price of two car-loads of flour. At the May term, 1886, the court sustained a demurrer to plaintiffs’ evidence; new trial denied; judgment against plaintiffs for costs. They bring the case here. The material facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

ClogstON, C.:

Plaintiffs in error brought this action to recover $1,350, the price of flour sold by them to C. R. Barnes, or the C. R. Barnes Milling Company; and at the trial a demurrer was sustained to the plaintiffs’ evidence. John Getty & Co. were a milling firm at Ellsworth, Kansas, and the defendant, the C. R. Barnes Milling Company, was a corporation engaged in the milling business at Clay Center. About July 27, 1885, C. R. Barnes went to Ellsworth and purchased of the plaintiffs sixty thousand pounds of flour, at $2.25 per hundred-weight, to be paid for in thirty days. At *283this…

2Cases cited9 opinions

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  3. Pearce v. Madison & Indianapolis RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
  4. Thompson v. LambertSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sherman Center Town Co. v. MorrisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1890
  2. White v. Elgin Creamery Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899
  3. Kelly v. Central Union Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
  4. McCray v. Sapulpa Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  5. State v. HaunCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1898

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