Brownlee-Moore Banking Co. v. Henderson

This is a suit on two promissory notes charged to have been executed by respondent and her former husband, Andrew B. Henderson. The latter made default. We will refer to the parties as they were styled in the trial court. Upon a trial before a jury in the Sullivan Circuit Court, on change of venue, a directed verdict was returned in favor of plaintiff on both counts of the petition. Defendant’s motion for new trial was sustained, and plaintiff appealed to the Kansas City Court of Appeals. That court transferred the cause here because the amount involved exceeded its monetary jurisdiction.

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