Cox v. Chase

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff sued to recover for pasturing certain cattle. The jury found in his favor for the sum prayed for less five hundred dollars. The defendants appeal. The contract over which the controversy arose was, aside from the formal parts, in these words:

“Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part this day agrees to pasture for said parties of the second part, in his pasture known as the ‘Hume Pasture,’ four miles east of Bazaar, Chase county, Kansas, nine hundred and three head of cattle; that said first party agrees to *742receive all of…