Center v. McQuesten
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Franklin District Court. Aw action was brought by Wm. Williams against B. C. MoQuesten, to. recover $506, alleged to belong to Williams. Center and two others were afterward joined as co-defendants. The district court, at the March Term 1874, gave judgment in favor of Williams and against MoQuesten for the amount claimed, and adjudged that Center and the other defendants had no interest in said moneys.
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Error from Franklin District Court. Aw action was brought by Wm. Williams against B. C. MoQuesten, to. recover $506, alleged to belong to Williams. Center and two others were afterward joined as co-defendants. The district court, at the March Term 1874, gave judgment in favor of Williams and against MoQuesten for the amount claimed, and adjudged that Center and the other defendants had no interest in said moneys. Center and the other two defendants appeal, and join Williams and MoQuesten as defendants in error. All necessary facts are stated in the subjoined opinion. after quoting from the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
„. . . , facts. From the findings of fact in this case, it appears that the defendant Williams bought of one H. E. Cowgill a number of cattle, for the sum of $1,749; that at the time the consideration was being paid, Cowgill requested Williams to retain $506 of the *479money to pay to B. C. McQuesten on a note of that amount due to McQuesten from Cowgill, < and Williams verbally promised Cowgill to pay McQuesten said sum. Shortly afterward, Morris Center, Henry Center, and Joshua Hodge severally recovered judgments against Cowgill before a…
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