Hart Pioneer Nursery Co. v. Scruggs
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from McPherson District Court. Action brought before a justice of the peace by Scruggs against The Hart Pioneer Nursery Company, a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the state of Kansas, to recover for services claimed to have been rendered by plaintiff for defendant. Judgment for plaintiff; the defendant took the cause by petition in error to the district court, wherein, at the April Term, 1885, the judgment of the justice was affirmed.
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Error from McPherson District Court. Action brought before a justice of the peace by Scruggs against The Hart Pioneer Nursery Company, a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the state of Kansas, to recover for services claimed to have been rendered by plaintiff for defendant. Judgment for plaintiff; the defendant took the cause by petition in error to the district court, wherein, at the April Term, 1885, the judgment of the justice was affirmed. The defendant company brings the case here. Other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Clogston, C.:
Scruggs brought an action against the Hart Pioneer Nursery Company, to recover for services claimed to have been rendered by him as salesman for the defendant. At the trial before the justice he obtained a judgment for the amount claimed, being $79.45 and costs. The cause was taken to the district court on error, where the judgment of the justice was affirmed. The defendant company has brought the case to this court.
Plaintiff in error complains of the ruling of the justice on the trial in admitting in evidence certain parts of a deposition and a letter written by the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rice v. HarveySupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
- Thompson v. BrooksSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883