Halsey v. Warden
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Atchison District Court. ACTION brought by Warden & Walker, partners, against Halsey, to recover certain damages. The nature of the action, •and the facts, appear in the opinion. Trial at the June Term, 1879, of the district court, and verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs.
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Error from Atchison District Court. ACTION brought by Warden & Walker, partners, against Halsey, to recover certain damages. The nature of the action, •and the facts, appear in the opinion. Trial at the June Term, 1879, of the district court, and verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. Also, for the plaintiffs various special questions ■of fact were submitted to the jury, which with the answers thereto are as follows: “1. On Aug. 31, 1878, were the plaintiffs partners, doing business under the firm-name of Warden & Walker, as bankers and brokers, at Irving, Kansas? A. Yes. “ 2. As such…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HoktoN, C. J.:
In the summer and fall of 1878, Warden & Walker were bankers and brokers at Irving, Kansas, and F. P. Halsey owned an elevator in Atchison, Kansas. During the same time, M. R. Conley was engaged in the grain business at Irving, shipping to F. P. Halsey his purchases by the Central Branch Union Pacific railroad company, which issued bills of lading on his shipments. For about six months before the date of the transactions hereinafter stated, Conley had been accustomed to draw drafts upon Halsey in favor of Warden & Walker against his…
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