Union Pacific Town-Site Co. v. Page
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. On May 25,1890, Page & Greenfield recovered a judgment against the Union Pacific Town-Site Company for $1,922.31, on an account for lumber and supplies alleged to have been furnished by them to the Union Pacific Town-Site Company. The account, commencing May 15, 1887, and ending August 26, 1887, was for $1,614.17, with interest.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. On May 25,1890, Page & Greenfield recovered a judgment against the Union Pacific Town-Site Company for $1,922.31, on an account for lumber and supplies alleged to have been furnished by them to the Union Pacific Town-Site Company. The account, commencing May 15, 1887, and ending August 26, 1887, was for $1,614.17, with interest. The parties admitted in open court that $725.71 of the account was for material and supplies used for the purpose of erecting the company’s buildings on the town site. The dispute on the trial was over the town-site company’s…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The contention in this case is over the instructions given and refused. It appears that Page & Greenfield, doing business at Monument, in this state, furnished lumber and supplies for the buildings of the following parties at Logansport: Butler, Walters, Barnes, Wolver, Mrs. Handley, the Smith Brothers, and Smith & McCue. They knew at the time of selling the lumber that it was to be used in the buildings of these parties, who had purchased lots of the town-site company. They charged all of this lumber to the town-site company and have…
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