Rahm v. King Wrought-Iron Bridge Manufactory
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. Action by Rahm as plaintiff on two promissory notes, one for $4,915.57, the other for $5,561.57. The notes were dated “Nov. 9th 1872,” payable at four and five months respectively. The petition alleged that they were indorsed to plaintiff before maturity.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. Action by Rahm as plaintiff on two promissory notes, one for $4,915.57, the other for $5,561.57. The notes were dated “Nov. 9th 1872,” payable at four and five months respectively. The petition alleged that they were indorsed to plaintiff before maturity. The defendant, the Bridge Manufactory of Topeka, answered, first, a general denial; second, special denials, that it ever executed the notes sued on; that it ever authorized or empowered T. B. Mills and B. M. Smith, or either of them, to execute and deliver said notes; that said Mills and Smith or either of…
1Opinion of the Court
*282The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, brought his action upon two promissory notes. The case was tried by the district court without a jury. No special findings of fact were made, but only a general finding for defendant.
But a single question really is presented, and that is, whether upon the testimony the' plaintiff was entitled to a judgment. For, while counsel speak of error in the admission of certain books of the defendant, yet, as not a line out of the books was read in evidence, and no reference made to them after their admission, it…
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