Baker Manufacturing Co. v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Kansas
M'ror from Sumner District Court. On March 16, 1882, The Baker Manufacturing Company brought its action against G. W. Knotts and H. Wallace, partners as Knotts & Wallace, for the recovery of two thousand and nine dollars and sixty cents, upon an account for goods, wares and merchandise. Summons was issued and the defendants were legally served.
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M'ror from Sumner District Court. On March 16, 1882, The Baker Manufacturing Company brought its action against G. W. Knotts and H. Wallace, partners as Knotts & Wallace, for the recovery of two thousand and nine dollars and sixty cents, upon an account for goods, wares and merchandise. Summons was issued and the defendants were legally served. At the issuance of the summons, aij order of arrest was issued in the case, and thereon G. W. Knotts was arrested and held in custody until the execution of a bail-bond, signed by himself and L. II. Fisher, W. 0. Barnett, E. L. Brown, J. W. Fisher, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The question in. this case is, whether the bail have been exonerated- from the obligation of the undertaking executed by them March 17, 1882. Judgment , was rendered against Knotts & Wallace -on April 8, 1882, and Knotts, who was released at the .time of the execution of the *662undertaking, has not rendered himself amenable to the process of the court below. It appears that he cannot be found in Sumner county. If the terms of the undertaking solely, controlled, the bail would be charged; but §§ 168, 169 and 170 of the code are very important…
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