Godbe v. Young
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Third District Court. The Plaintiff claimed judgment against the Defendant, on the following alleged state of facts, to-wit: That in the spring of 1865, the Plaintiff, at the request of the Defendant, advanced to the latter, “.to be used in the construction of the Deseret Irrigation and Canal Co.,”agoods of the value of $10,020 27; that on the 12th day of February, 1866, an account was stated by the plaintiff to the Defendant for the said sum, to which the…
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Appeal from the Third District Court. The Plaintiff claimed judgment against the Defendant, on the following alleged state of facts, to-wit: That in the spring of 1865, the Plaintiff, at the request of the Defendant, advanced to the latter, “.to be used in the construction of the Deseret Irrigation and Canal Co.,”agoods of the value of $10,020 27; that on the 12th day of February, 1866, an account was stated by the plaintiff to the Defendant for the said sum, to which the Defendant made no objection; that on the 30th day of May, 1868. the Defendant paid the Plaintiff thereon the sum of…
1Opinion of the Court
McKean, C. J.,
delivered the following opinion :
1. The testimony of' Rodford, and the written correspondence of the parties to the record, introduced in evidence, authorized the jury to find, as they did find, that Brigham Young, and the “ Deseret Irrigation and Canal *57Company,” and the “ Trustee-in-Trust of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day,. Saints,” were one and the same; and the same evidence authorized the jury to find, as they did find, that the Plaintiff’s account against the “Deseret Irrigation and Canal Company,”- was properly rendered to the Defendant, through the Defendant’s…
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- Elwood v. DeifendorfNew York Supreme Court · 1848
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