19 Kan. 390 | Kan. | 1877
The opinion of the court was delivered by
After the foregoing case of Grant v. Dabney, just decided, (ante, p. 388,) was brought to this court, and after an undertaking on the part of the plaintiff in error was duly executed and approved as prescribed by sections 551 and 554 of the civil code, (Gen. Stat. 737, 738,) for the purpose of staying the execution of the judgment therein rendered, the following proceedings were had, to-wit: Dabney, who in that case was plaintiff in the court below and defendant in error in this court, duly executed an undertaking in accordance with section 555 of the civil code, (Gen. Stat. 739,) for the purpose of obtaining leave to enforce said judgment notwithstanding said proceedings in error, and notwithstanding said first-mentioned undertaking; and upon his said
“ In an action arising on contract for the payment of money only, notwithstanding the execution of the undertaking in the last section mentioned, to stay proceedings, if the defendant in error gives adequate security to make restitution in case the judgment is reversed or modified, he may, upon leave obtained from the court below, or a judge thereof in vacation, proceed to enforce the judgment.”
Now it will be seen that this section authorizes leave to be granted to enforce judgments notwithstanding proceedings in error, only in cases where the action is founded upon “ contract for the payment of money only.” Now is the contract in this case a “contract for the payment of money only?” We think not. The only contract in'this case reads as follows :
“Mr. Dabney—Dear Sir: Please let Mr. Seth and family have whatever they may want for their support, and I will repay you for the same. George Grant.”
The first thing to be done under this contract is for Mr. Dabney to “let Mr. Seth and family have” something. This something must be a thing or things which Seth and family “may want,” and it must be something “for their support.”
The order of the judge of the court 'beltiw granting leave to enforce said judgment will be reversed.