Legal Opinion
Herman v. Lynch
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 15, 1881PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Error from Harvey District Court. Action brought by Lynch against Herman, to recover $265 received by the defendant from the plaintiff, with which to purchase exchange for plaintiff. Trial at the March Term, 1880, and judgment for the plaintiff for $176.44, and costs. Herman brings the case here. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought by R. B. Lynch against J. M. Herman to recover $265 received by Herman from Lynch, with which to purchase exchange. The petition alleged, among other things, as follows:
“That about November 25, 1876, this plaintiff was indebted to J. E. Hayner & Co. and to Andrew J. Hodges in large amounts, and that while he was so indebted as aforesaid, he delivered to the defendant herein, J. M. Herman, the sum of $265, for the purpose and under an agreement with the said J. M. Herman, that he, the said J. M. Herman, would…
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