Ravenscraft v. Pratt
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Miami District Court. Action brought by Lot P. Ravenscraft and another against Jonathan PI. Pratt and three others, defendants, to recover the sum of $6,696.98, with interest from April 16, 1857. The facts, pleadings and proceedings are sufficiently stated in the opinion. At the October Term, 1877, the court below sustained a demurrer to the plaintiffs’ amended petition, and this is the only ruling of which they here complain.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
The court below sustained a demurrer to the amended petition of the plaintiffs, and this is the only ruling of which the plaintiffs, as plaintiffs in error, now complain. Two questions are presented: 1. Does the petition show that the plaintiffs have ever had any cause of action against the defendants ? 2. And if it does, then does it not also show that such cause of action is barred by the statute of limitations? Jonathan H. Pratt is the principal defendant, the others being merely nominal defendants; hence, hereafter, when we speak of…
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