Legal Opinion
Medberry, Yetter & Co. v. Soper, Brainard & Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided January 15, 1877PublishedCited by 4 opinions
• Error from, Miami District Court. Soper, Brainard & Co., plaintiffs, at the December Term 1872, recovered a judgment against JS. N. Medberry, Penn Yetter, F. M. Shaw, and C. A. Leighton, as late partners, defendants, for the sum of $2,715 debt, and $367.95 costs. The defendants bring the case here for review. The material facts, and the instructions given and refused, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
On the 10th of May 1870, the firm of Med-berry, Yetter & Co. was constituted by the following article of agreement:
*370“Article of agreement made and entered into this 10th of May 1870, by and between H. N. Medberry, party of the first part, and Penn Tetter, party of the second part, whereby said party of the first part agrees to furnish two thousand dollars as the capital stock, and the said party of the second part agrees to furnish one thousand dollars, for the purpose of transacting a lumber business in Columbus and Chetopa, Kansas, the…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hushes v. WheelerCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1827
- Eastman v. PorterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
- Parker v. CanfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1870
- Kermeyer v. NewbySupreme Court of Kansas · 1875
- Chapman v. DurantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hurd v. G. C. Hixon & Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1882
- Soper v. MedberrySupreme Court of Kansas · 1880
- Groat v. PrachtSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
- Owl Hardware Co. v. SchoonmakerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923