Chealey v. Purdy
Montana Supreme Court
Appeals from District Court, Hill County, in the Twelfth Judicial District; Wm. A. Clark, a Judge of the Fifth District, presiding. Action by W. T. Chealey against B. D. Purdy and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal from it and an order denying them a new trial.
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Appeals from District Court, Hill County, in the Twelfth Judicial District; Wm. A. Clark, a Judge of the Fifth District, presiding. Action by W. T. Chealey against B. D. Purdy and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal from it and an order denying them a new trial. Section 500 of the New York Code of Civil Procedure is practically the same as our Code regarding answers, and has been construed to allow evidence, under a general denial, that would show that the contract actually entered into was not as alleged in the complaint. (Miller v. Insurance Co., 1 Abb. N. C. (N. Y.) 470;…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
This action was brought against four defendants — B. D., E. L., W. W. and Edythe Purdy — as copartners under the firm name of Purdy Bros., to recover of them the value of work done and material furnished by plaintiff in drilling a well for them under an oral contract. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff agreed on his part to drill the well at a place designated by defendants upon their land or that of some one of them, for the purpose of obtaining water. It then alleges the terms of the contract, how *491and when payment was to be made, and that the plaintiff has fully performed the contract…
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