Moffatt v. Corning
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Arapahoe County. Upon the 18th of November, 1875, appellee commenced a suit by attachment, in the district court of Boulder county, against the Nederland Mining Company. On January 18, 1876, he obtained a judgment for the sum of $32,490 and costs.
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Appeal from District Court of Arapahoe County. Upon the 18th of November, 1875, appellee commenced a suit by attachment, in the district court of Boulder county, against the Nederland Mining Company. On January 18, 1876, he obtained a judgment for the sum of $32,490 and costs. Upon the 5th of January, 1876, Jerome B. Chaffee commenced a suit by attachment against the same defendant, in the same court, for the sum of $46,616.66. On the 7th of January, 1876, Anker and Shaffenburg commenced an attachment suit in the same court, against the same defendant, for $13,632.55. The last-named suits…
1Opinion of the Court
Reed, C.
This litigation grows out of the misunderstanding of the parties in regard to important transactions between them. After the making of the contract by appellant and appellee of June 1,1876, on the 8th of November of the same year, appellee, being indebted to the Colorado National Bank and Charles B. Kountze in the sum of about $30,000, assigned the contract made with appellant, and with it the appellee’s judgment against the Mining Company Nederland, and all rights and equities in the contract, and transferred them to Kountze. This transaction was one entirely between Corning and…
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