Meyer v. Kohn
California Supreme Court
' Appeal from the District Court, Sixth Judicial District, Sacramento County. The amended complaint averred a contract made by defendants to pay in gold coin, dated the 30th day of March, 1864. The Court below gave a general judgment for plaintiffs, not payable in any specific kind of money. Plaintiffs appealed from the judgment, and from an order denying a new trial. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.
The original complaint in this action was framed upon an alleged indebtedness for five thousand one hundred and forty-one dollars and ninety-eight cents for goods sold and delivered. The complaint was filed on the 6th day of June, 1864. On the 12th of that month an amended complaint was filed charging that the defendants, as partners, promised in writing, on the 30th of March, 1864, that they would pay the plaintiffs in gold coin for any goods which they, the defendants, should buy of them, ensuing said date; and that the defendants did, between the said date and the…
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- Meyer v. KohnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867