Weeks v. Medler
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Neosho District Court. Medler sued Weeks before a justice of the peace, counting on a promissory note given by Weeks to A. Sumner, and by Sumner indorsed to Medler. The case was appealed to the district court by Weeks, and was there tried at the December Term 1875. A verdict was returned for Medler.
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Error from Neosho District Court. Medler sued Weeks before a justice of the peace, counting on a promissory note given by Weeks to A. Sumner, and by Sumner indorsed to Medler. The case was appealed to the district court by Weeks, and was there tried at the December Term 1875. A verdict was returned for Medler. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment given on the verdict, on the 4th of January 1876. From this date, the facts and proceedings will fully appear in the opinion, infra. Weeks brings the case here by petition in error. Defendant in error contends that there is’nojproper…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This case is presented to this court on a petition in error, and what the clerk of the court below certifies as “a true and correct copy of a case-made.” The counsel for defendant in error raises the question, that the case-made was not properly signed and settled as provided by law, as the defendant in error was deprived of opportunity to suggest amendments, and to present the same as authorized by sec. 1, ch. 114, laws of 1871, page 274. The judgment in the case was rendered on January 4th 1876; and thereupon counsel for Weeks “asked…
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