Esley v. People of Illinois
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Harvey District Court. Action brought before a justice of the peace of Harvey county, Kansas, by the defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in error.
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Error from, Harvey District Court. Action brought before a justice of the peace of Harvey county, Kansas, by the defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in error. The bill of particulars filed is in the words and figures following, to wit: {Court, and Title.) The plaintiff, by its attorneys, Nichols & Greene, complains of defendants, and says that at Newton, Kansas, January 8, 1877, defendants executed and delivered to plaintiff their note, in writing, of that date, and thereby promised to pay plaintiff or order, on or before October 1, 1877, $202.11, with interest at 10 per cent.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
We think the bill of particulars in this case is amply sufficient. (Brenner v. Weaver, 1 Kas.488.) But the plaintiffs in error, who were defendants in the justice’s court, ask: “ Who, or what are‘the people of the state of Illinois?”’ They were certainly the payees of the note which the plaintiffs in error- — -defendants in the justice’s court— executed; and the defendants ought to know who such payees are. The defendants admitted, by executing said note to the plaintiffs, that they, the plaintiffs, had the power to contract and be…
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