PAYNE v. CUMMING

No. 17933.

315 P.2d 818 (1957)

D. F. PAYNE, Plaintiff in Error, v. Robert E. CUMMING, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, In Department.

September 23, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandhouse & Sandhouse, Sterling, for plaintiff in error.

Wolvington & Carleton, Sterling, for defendant in error.


MOORE, Chief Justice.

Defendant in error Cumming brought an action in the district court of Sedgwick county in which he sought to recover the sum of $1,500 from plaintiff in error Payne. Payne asserted the right to keep said sum, admittedly received by him from Cumming, on the ground that it was "liquidated damages" under the terms of a contract between the parties, and that Cumming had failed to perform the agreement; that because of said nonperformance he had forfeited...

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