Salomon v. Webster
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to County Court of Arapahoe County '. On the trial of this cause Ealph C. Webster,-being duly sworn, testified: “My name is Ealph C. Webster, I am the plaintiff in this suit, and am acquainted with the defendant Salomon. Either in September or October, 1867, the defendant called on me and asked me to take charge of a claim which he had against the United States for corn delivered at Camp Pilmore, on the Arkansas river, a little below Pueblo.
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Error to County Court of Arapahoe County '. On the trial of this cause Ealph C. Webster,-being duly sworn, testified: “My name is Ealph C. Webster, I am the plaintiff in this suit, and am acquainted with the defendant Salomon. Either in September or October, 1867, the defendant called on me and asked me to take charge of a claim which he had against the United States for corn delivered at Camp Pilmore, on the Arkansas river, a little below Pueblo. The conversation was at his store in Denver. He explained the case to me, and said that certain action had been taken, and the claim rejected. Upon…
1Opinion of the CourtThatcher, C. J.
This is an-action in assumpsit. The declaration contains only the consolidated common counts. Salomon had a claim against the United States for com delivered at Camp Filmore, on the Arkansas river. The amount of the claim was $4,116.20. In October, A. D. 1867, Webster, a few days before he started for Washington, on business of his own, agreed with Salomon to undertake the collection of the claim. In the event of success, Salomon was to pay him $1,000, otherwise he did not agree to pay him any thing for his services. The claim was presented by Webster before the court of claims, in…
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