Legal Opinion

Burhans v. Hutcheson

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1881PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Error from Douglas District Court. ACTION brought by Burhans against Hutcheson and four others, upon two promissory notes and a mortgage. Trial by the court at the October Term, 1878, and judgment for the defendants. The plaintiff brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the Court

' The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

This was an action brought by plaintiff against the defendants to recover upon two negotiable promissory notes, and to foreclose a mortgage upon real estate giyen to secure their payment. The case was submitted to the court without a jury, and the findings of fact are substantially as follows:

On the 25th day of February, 1873, J. C. Hutcheson executed and delivered to Taylor Brandon two promissory notes, payable to Brandon or order, for the sum of $500 each — one of them payable November 1,1874, and the other *627November 1, 1875, with…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Carpenter v. LonganSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  2. Van Keuren v. . CorkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  3. Johnson v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1862
  4. Swenson v. Moline Plow Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1875

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Hollinshead v. John Stuart & Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Reeves v. HayesIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Chase v. Commerce Trust Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  4. City National Bank v. Goodloe-McClelland Commission Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1902
  5. Lewis v. KirkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882

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