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Letter to Friedrich Engels, December 13, 1861
| Author(s) | Karl Marx |
|---|---|
| Written | 13 December 1861 |
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 41
TO ENGELS IN MANCHESTER
[London,] 13 December 1861
Dear Frederick,
Best thanks for your letter.[1]
IN COMPENSATION for services previously rendered,[2] Dronke sent £5 by return, and yesterday he himself came up to town where he had a meeting with one of his directors.
He is going to try and discount the bills. I told him at once that an essential condition was that they should not be put into circulation before they fell due. That bastard Koller has resorted to another manoeuvre. He has not allowed the case to proceed in the COUNTY COURT[3] but has brought it before the SHERIFF COURT[4] and increased the sum for which he is suing me to £20—alleging that I had undertaken to be jointly responsible for all the costs of Vogt. This, namely, by way of a REPLY to my counter-claim.[5]
My attorney, Sidney Herbert, has deemed it formaliter[6] necessary to file a counter-suit at the same COURT. The whole difficulty centres on the fact that my AGREEMENT with Petsch was not made in writing.
My wife is feeling better.
Salut.
Your
K. M.
- ↑ This letter by Engels has not been found.
- ↑ See this volume, p. 332.
- ↑ County-court—local judicial court for civil actions in England.
- ↑ Sheriff—the chief executive officer of a shire or county, charged with the execution of the laws and the serving of writs, and in some cases having judicial powers.
- ↑ See this volume, pp. 327-28
- ↑ formally