Craft v. Barron
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 16 — ACTION BY J. A. CRAFT AGAINST W. E. BARRON FOR DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT. Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court. Watts Parker, Circuit Judge. Judgment for'defendant. Plaintiff appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. T\ie motion to require defendant (appellee) to make his plea of fraud, misrepresentation and covin more specific should have been sustained.
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Case 16 — ACTION BY J. A. CRAFT AGAINST W. E. BARRON FOR DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT. Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court. Watts Parker, Circuit Judge. Judgment for'defendant. Plaintiff appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. T\ie motion to require defendant (appellee) to make his plea of fraud, misrepresentation and covin more specific should have been sustained. (Evans v. Stone, &c., 80 Ky., 78; Barlow v. Wiley, &c., 3 A. K. Marsh., 457; Ross, &c. v. Braydon, 2 Dana, 161; Hazard v. Griswold, 21 Fed, Rep., 178; Sharp v. White, 1 J. J. Marsh., 106; Jones v. Grugett, 1 Bibb., 447; Downing v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Chief Justice Hobson
Affirming.
Appellant, Craft, was a contractor with the United States government on a number of star routes for the carrying of mail in the year 1898, and he sublet to the appellee, Barron, the contract on the route from Brownsville to Alice, Tex., for a term of four years. The contract with Barron was made on behalf of Craft by P. H. Idol, his agent. When the contract was signed by Barron, he had not been over the route, and did not know anything about it personally. After he signed the contract he went to Texas and found the route different from what he had…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Evans v. StoneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1882
- Ross v. BraydonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1834
3Cited by1 opinion
- International Harvester Co. of America v. OliverU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky · 1911