Legal Opinion
Rush v. Newman
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1893No. 269PublishedCited by 22 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. At Law. Action by L. Newman against J. W. Rush for breach of contract. On trial by the court without a jury, judgment was rendered for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Circuit, Judge.
On the 12th day of May, 1891, L. Newman, the plaintiff, filed his petition in the court below against J. W. Rush, the defendant, alleging that on the 19th of June, 1888, the defendant executed and delivered to the plaintiff the following contract: '
“In consideration of Mr. L. Newman taking 20 shares of the stock of the First National Bank of Digliton, and paying for same at the rate of $104 per share, total $2,080, L agree, at the end of one or two years, at the option of Mr. Li. Newman, to take the said stock off his hands and pay him the amount he paid for it,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Flanders v. TweedSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- United Mine Workers of America v. Coronado Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1919
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