Legal Opinion
Brook v. Latimer
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 15, 1890PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Error from Anderson District Court. The case is stated in the opinion. Judgment for defendant on September 28, 1887. The plaintiff BrooJc brings the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson, C.:
The plaintiff in error, I. J. Brook, presented to the probate court of Anderson county for allowance, a promissory note against the estate of Jessie E. Latimer, (who was his daughter, intermarried with Walter Latimer,) that reads as follows:
“ $10,000. On demand, I promise to pay to I. J. Brook ten thousand dollars; value received this 12th day of June, A.D. 1882. — Jessie E. Brook.”
Upon hearing, the probate court disallowed the claim, and an appeal was taken to the district court, where the case was tried by the court and a jury on the same pleadings upon which it was…
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