State Savings Ass'n v. A. J. Hunt & Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Cherokee District Cov/rt. Action by the State Savings Association of St. Louis, Mo., against A, J. Hvmt and Jonathan Hunt, as partners, on their acceptance of a draft drawn on them by W. W. Young, Bro. & Co., of St. Louis. The facts, and -instructions complained of, fully appear in the opinion, infra. The district court, at the April Term 1875, gave judgment in favor of defendants and against the plaintiff for costs. The plaintiff brings the case here on error.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action on a bill of exchange drawn by Young, Bro. & Co. of St. Louis, Mo., upon A. J. Hunt & Co. of Columbus, Kansas, dated at St. Louis, December 2d 1872, payable in sixty days, to the order of the drawers, and accepted by A. J. Hunt & Co. December 3d, 1872. Before maturity the draft was transferred by indorsement thereon to the State Savings Association of St. Louis by Young, Bro. & Co. A few days after the draft became due it was sent by the plaintiff to the First National Bank at Baxter Springs for collection, and notice…
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