Geary v. Taylor

Opinion op the Court by

William Bogers Clay, Commissioner.

Reversing.

Plaintiff, J. Gr. Taylor, brought this action originally against the Flat Bock Coal Company, the G-eary Land & Development Company and A. P. Hodges to recover damages for failure on the part of the defendants to comply with a lease. Subsequently, John A. Geary, Ed. Dowling, D. G. Falconer and others were made parties defendant. The return of the service of process on the Flat Bock Coal Company was quashed. The court directed a verdict in favor of Dowling, Falconer and others, and a trial before a jury resulted in a verdict and…