Reed v. Arnold
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Clay District Court. Action by Reed, upon two written instruments. The opinion states all the facts necessary to an understanding of the questions decided. The case below was tried at the ■October Term 1871. Verdict and judgment in favor of Arnold, and the plaintiff brings the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action founded upon a promissory note and a written contract. The plaintiff in his petition below made all the necessary allegations concerning said note and contract, and the defendant’s liability thereon, to show a good cause of action. But instead of attaching copies of said note and contract to his petition, as he might have clone under § 118 of the code, he attached .the original note .and contract to his petition. The defendant answered, denying indebtedness to the plaintiff, and setting up new matter constituting a…
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