37 Kan. 651 | Kan. | 1887
Opinion by
This action was commenced before a justice of the peace by the defendants in error, to recover the sum of $85, claimed to be due them as commission on the sale of real estate placed in their hands for sale, as real estate agents, by Krouse, the owner. They sold to one Downs, but the plaintiff in error made a deed of the property to one Johnson, who the bill of particulars alleged took the title for Downs, and this was done to escape the payment of the commission. The bill of particulars of the defendants in error was verified by the affidavit of one of the parties, as required by § 1, chapter 60, Laws of 1886. The plaintiff in error appeared in the justice’s court, filed a demurrer on the ground that the bill of particulars did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; and that being overruled, filed an answer and went to trial. There was a judgment for the defendants in error, and the plaintiff in error appealed to the district court. In that court the plaintiff in error insisted on his demurrer, and when it was overruled asked leave to filed an amended answer, while the defendants in error had interposed a motion for judgment for want of answer. The court refused to allow the amendment to the answer, and gave the defendants in error judgment. The errors complained of here are, the action of the court in overruling the demurrer, and refusing the amendment. We have no doubt of the correctness of the ruling on the demurrer. The bill of particulars stated a cause of action independently of the fact whether a partnership existed or not. As a matter of fact, it was plainly stated in the caption,
We recommend an affirmance of the judgment.
By the Court: It is so ordered.