Branson v. Turner

Philips, C.

This action was begun in a justice’s court, and tried on appeal in the circuit court, to recover the purchase money for a yoke of oxen sold by respondent to appellant. The whole negotiation seems to have been conducted by correspondence, and is evidenced by the following letters:

Woodland, Mo., January 27th, 1878.

Mr. Turner : A few lines in regard to you about some steers I have to sell. I have one of the finest yoke of steers almost in Gasconade county, and the finest matches, big and very fat. I have been stall-feeding for some three or four months, and will sell them cheap for…