Snider v. Koehler
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Washington District Court. Action by Koehler on three promissory notes of $91.63 each, dated 11th December 1872, executed by J. B. Snider, F. M. Layering, and A. J. Layering, payable two, four, and six months respectively after the date thereof. Judgment was given for Koehler, at the April Term 1875, for $338.56, and costs, and the defendants bring the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action on three promissory notes. The defense was, that the notes were given for intoxi*433eating liquors sold in this state, without a license. A jury was impanneled by the court. Upon the completion of the evidence the court charged the jury “to figure up the amount of principal and interest due on the notes, and to find a verdict for plaintiff for that amount.” The evidence produced .by' the plaintiffs in error in the court below, and the undisputed facts, bring the case clearly within the decisions heretofore rendered by this…
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