52 Kan. 195 | Kan. | 1893
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Robert Hunter brought this action against A. P. Hamilton to recover damages for the alleged wrongful sale and disposition of a pledge. The pledge was a promissory note for $250, executed by James H. White in favor of D. S. Kennett, who turned it over to Hamilton as collateral security for the payment of an indebtedness of $52, which Kennett owed Hamilton. Kennett sold the note to the plaintiff, Hunter, subject to the claim of Hamilton for $52, the payment of which Hunter assumed. White failed to pay the note when it became due, but no steps were taken by Hamilton to enforce its collection. Hamilton afterward sold the note for the amount of the debt which it was given to secure. Hunter claims that when the note became due he urged Hamilton to enforce the collection against White, by suit if necessary, but he refused, and subsequently sold it without authority, or the taking of any legal steps for its collection. The claim of Hamilton was that White, the maker of the collateral note,
We find no error in the record, and hence the judgment of the court will be affirmed.