Kansas Court of Appeals, 1980

169 opinions

In the Matter of the Estate of Robert L. Phillips, Deceased 1980-01-04
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Kenneth H. Chance, Jr., Appellant 1980-01-11
Brian Key, Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. John Clegg, Appellee, Cross-Appellant 1980-01-11
In the Matter of the Estate of Rex Relihan, Deceased 1980-01-11
Irene Miotk, Appellant, v. Vernon F. Rudy, Appellee 1980-01-18
Frank E. Bolser and Mable M. Bolser, husband and wife, Appellants, v. Zoning Board for Aubry Township, Kansas; and The Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, Kansas, Appellees 1980-01-18
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Arwit Raymond Mezins, Appellee 1980-01-18
Marsha Grundy, Appellee, v. Gordon W. Grundy, Appellant 1980-01-25
Erikka Lynette Crooms, a Minor, by and through Her Mother and Next Friend, Carole Crooms, Appellee, v. Robert L. Whitfield, Appellant 1980-02-01
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Harvie Goza, Appellant 1980-02-01
Alice L. Morgan, Appellee, v. Inter-Collegiate Press and Home Insurance Company, Respondent and Insurance Carrier, Appellants, and Kansas Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1980-02-08
Sheldon Grounds, Claimant, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Triple J Construction Company, Inc., Respondent and Appellee, and Maryland Casualty Company, Insurance Carrier and Appellee, and Kansas Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1980-02-08
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Rickey C. Hayden, Appellant 1980-02-08
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Terry R. Baker, Appellee 1980-02-08
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. James F. Primm, II, Appellant 1980-02-08
Lilly K. Smerchek, Appellee, v. J. R. Hamilton and E. W. Haley, Appellants 1980-02-15
Shirley A. Barncord, Dependent Widow of Elmer E. Barncord, Jr., Deceased, on behalf of herself and as Mother, Natural Guardian and Next Friend of Elmer E. Barncord III, and Lori Ann Barncord, Minor Dependent Children of Elmer E. Barncord, Jr., Deceased, Claimants-Appellants, v. Kansas Department of Transportation and State Self-Insurance Fund, Respondent and Self-Insured-Appellees, and Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellee 1980-02-15
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jack D. Boster, Appellant, and State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Ray A. Winters, Appellant 1980-02-15
Harvester, Inc., a Kansas Corporation, Appellee, v. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Appellant 1980-02-15
State of Kansas, ex rel., James A. McCain, Secretary, Kansas Department of Human Resources, Appellant, v. Bill Erdman and Lee Barnett Enterprises, Inc., Appellee 1980-02-22
In the Matter of the Petitions of George Shotwell and Albert Grades for Writs of Habeas Corpus. State of Kansas, Appellee, v. George Shotwell and Albert Grades, Appellants 1980-02-29
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Gerald D. Burnett, Appellant 1980-02-29
Capitol Federal Savings & Loan Association, a Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Robert W. Youker, Defendant-Appellant, v. J. R. Sherman, Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1980-02-29
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Shelly R. McConico, Appellant 1980-02-29
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jeffrey L. Greenberg, Appellant 1980-02-29
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. James E. Antwine and Mitchell McHenry, Appellants 1980-02-29
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Tommie L. Robinson, Appellant 1980-03-07
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Robert R. Johnson, Jr., Appellant 1980-03-14
The Cairo Cooperative Exchange, Appellant, v. The First National Bank of Cunningham, Appellee 1980-03-21
Kansas Power & Light Company, Appellee, v. Joseph Floersch and Delores Floersch, Appellants 1980-03-21
The Sekan Electric Cooperative Association, Inc., Applicant, v. State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, Richard C. Loux, Chairman, William S. Gray, Commissioner, Respondent 1980-03-21
In the Matter of the Estate of Elizabeth A. Ciochon, Deceased 1980-03-21
Marvin M. Pottratz, Appellant, v. Stephen W. Firkins and Kammeron K. Firkins, Appellees 1980-03-21
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Allan Burgoon, a/k/a Kenneth Allan Burgoon, Appellee 1980-03-21
Alfredo Alejandre Razo, Appellee, v. Erman Corporation, Inc., and Continental National American Insurance Group, Appellants, and The Kansas Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellee 1980-03-21
National Education Association - Wichita, Appellant, v. Unified School District 259, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, Appellee 1980-03-21
In the Matter of the Estate of Joseph J. Fink, Deceased 1980-03-28
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jonathan Edward Allen, Appellant 1980-03-28
Edmond Cook, Appellant, v. William H. Doty, Appellee 1980-03-28
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jeffrey N. Boydston, Appellant 1980-03-28
Yvonne E. Burch, et al., Appellants, v. C. B. Dodge, Jr., A. Glenn Sowders, Jr., and Middleton S. Carroll, as Trustees of the Howard M. Burch Trust No. 1, Appellees, v. Mary Carolyn Dreher, et al., Interpleaded Claimants 1980-03-28
Ta-Talinda Akis Sterling, a minor child, by her natural guardian and mother, Sheila M. Sterling, and State of Kansas, ex rel., Secretary of the State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Appellants, v. Sinclair Mann, Appellee 1980-03-28
Eugene Crowley, Appellant, v. Dr. James H. ONeil, Appellee 1980-03-28
Charles S. Sippy and Mary Jane Sippy, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Frank Cristich and Peggy Cristich, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, and Hales Company Realtors, Defendant-Appellee, and Raymond Perkins, Third Party Defendant-Appellee 1980-03-28
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Glenn Lee Saylor, Appellant 1980-04-04
Paul G. Kennedy and Alice C. Kennedy, Plaintiffs, v. The City of Sawyer, Kansas, and Gene Aubley, Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Continental Research Corporation and The Huge Company, Inc., Third Party Defendants, Appellees 1980-04-04
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. George Stringfield, Appellant 1980-04-04
Carl J. Johnson, a/k/a Hershel B. Wesson, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1980-04-04
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. James Wallace Towles and Connie Marie Brewer, Appellees 1980-04-04
Sabino Davila and Diana Davila, Appellants, v. Donald R. Vanderberg, Appellee 1980-04-11
In The Matter of the Adoption of Baby Girl Chance, a minor 1980-04-11
Dorothea Mae Bray and Robert Bray, Appellants, v. Hugh G. Bayles and Ralph N. Sumner, Appellees 1980-04-18
Leslie R. Spencer, Sr., Claimant, v. Daniel Construction Company, Respondent-Appellee, and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Insurance Carrier-Appellee, and Kansas Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellant 1980-04-18
In The Matter of the Estate of Donald R. Carriger, deceased 1980-04-18
M. Sperry Hickman, Appellee, v. Jerald L. Frerking, Appellant 1980-04-18
The Gas Service Company; Midwest Gas Users Association and Seymour Foods, Inc., Appellants, v. The State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas; G. T. VanBebber, Richard C. Loux, and William G. Gray, as Members of Said Corporation and their Respective Successors in Office, Appellees 1980-04-18
Rita Ann Clark, Appellee, v. Stanford P. Glazer, Appellant 1980-04-25
Thomas J. Rose, Claimant-Appellee, v. Thornton & Florence Electric Company and Home Insurance Company, Respondent and Insurance Carrier-Appellees and Kansas Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellant 1980-04-25
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Gregory A. Williams, Appellee 1980-04-25
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jesse Hammond, Appellant 1980-04-25
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company, Inc., Appellant, v. State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, Appellee 1980-04-25
United Kansas Bank & Trust Company, a/k/a Santa Fe Trail State Bank, Appellant, v. Richard D. Rixner, Daniel S. Frackowiak, and F. J. Kelly, Appellees 1980-04-25
In the Interest of Cynthia Ingold, a child under the age of 18 years 1980-05-02
In the Interest of Willie Geisler, a minor 1980-05-02
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Thiga Mwaura, Appellant 1980-05-09
Randolph M. Every, Appellant, v. Jefferson Insurance Company of New York and American Family Mutual Insurance Company, Appellees 1980-05-09
Daniel Cochrane, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1980-05-09
George Davis, James Habiger, and Steven Rupert, Appellants, v. C. C. Grace, Appellee 1980-05-09
In The Matter of the Estate of J. McKinley Chestnut, Deceased Richard Chestnut and Bruce Chestnut, Appellees, v. Myrtle Collette Steward, Wilbur Lyle Dunn, Ethyl Margaret Copeland, David L. Dunn, and Nancy Dunn Hosler, Appellants 1980-05-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Kerwin Brown, Appellant 1980-05-09
Alfonzo Maxwell, Appellant, v. City of Topeka and Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellees 1980-05-16
Grover Hill, Appellee, v. Linda Hill, Appellant 1980-05-16
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Stephen J. Fagan, Appellant 1980-05-16
Lloyd E. Gideon, Appellant, v. Thomas E. Gates and Ronald W. Reed, Appellees 1980-05-23
Billy Hugh Hampton, Claimant-Appellee, v. Professional Security Company, Respondent-Appellee, and CNA Insurance Company, Insurance Carrier-Appellee, and Kansas Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellant 1980-05-23
Virginia Wilson, Appellant, v. Goodland State Bank, A State Banking Corporation, Appellee 1980-05-23
Lillian F. Claphan, Claimant-Appellant, v. Great Bend Manor, Respondent-Appellee, and Commercial Union Assurance Company, Insurance Carrier-Appellee, and Kansas Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellee 1980-05-23
In the Matter of the Estate of John W. Fortney, Deceased 1980-05-23
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Nicholas Peters, Appellant 1980-05-23
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Lee R. Allen, Appellant 1980-05-23
Ebenezer Antwi, Appellant, v. C-E Industrial Group and/or Combustion Engineering, Inc., Appellee 1980-05-30
Kansas Gas and Electric Company, A Corporation, Appellant, v. The State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas: R. C. Loux, William G. Gray, and Jane T. Roy as the Constituent Members of the State Corporation Commission, Appellees 1980-06-06
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Floyd Clanton, Appellant 1980-06-13
William West Johnson, Appellee, v. Barry Melback and Kathleen Melback, Appellants 1980-06-13
Doyle E. Kauk and Veronica L. Kauk, Appellants, v. First National Bank of Hoxie, et al., Appellee 1980-06-20
Cimarron Insurance Company, Inc., Appellant, v. Richard J. Loftus, Edward J. Fenton, William Nye, Rhonda Hess, and Travelers Insurance Co., Appellees 1980-06-20
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Challis T. Seymour, Appellant 1980-06-20
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc., Appellant, v. Commercial Standard Insurance Company, Appellee 1980-06-27
Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County, Kansas, Appellant, v. William H. Berner, Robert D. Berner, & Jean Berner d/b/a Bills & Bobs Trading Post, Appellees 1980-06-27
Dee Glassey, Appellant, v. Ramada Inn, Appellee 1980-06-27
Fender Pipe & Supply, Inc., Appellant, v. Don Jenkins and Ed Broyles, Appellees 1980-06-27
Harold Smith, Appellee, v. Betty Jo Smith, Appellant 1980-06-27
Pat Barnett, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peggy Crosby, Defendant, and AID Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee 1980-06-27
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Annette Bryant, Appellant 1980-06-27
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Robert Haynes, Appellant 1980-07-03
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Kenneth W. Wilson, Appellee 1980-07-03
Denise A. Morgan, Appellant, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellee 1980-07-03
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. George Brown, Jr., Appellant 1980-07-03
Gary L. Brooks, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Sam Lochner Builders, Inc., Appellant and Cross-Appellee, and The Kansas Workmens Compensation Fund 1980-07-03
Hattie Lemons, Administrator of the Estate of W. H. Lemons, Deceased, Appellant, v. St. Johns Hospital of Salina, Kansas; James E. Roderick and Rex S. Romeiser, Appellees 1980-07-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Paul G. Jackson, Appellant 1980-07-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Ira E. Pray, Appellant 1980-07-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Eugene Streit, Appellant 1980-07-11
In the Interest of Joseph Troy Scharschell, Benjamin Scharschell 1980-07-11
Delbert Eugene Highman, Appellant, v. James Marquez, Kenneth Oliver, et al., Appellees 1980-07-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. James Albert Sanders, Appellant 1980-07-18
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Eugene P. Carpenter, Appellant 1980-07-18
In the Interest of Gregory A. Flournoy, a minor 1980-07-18
William M. Coe, as Conservator of Laura A. Coe, a Minor, and Rebecca S. Coe, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. Security National Insurance Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1980-07-18
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Thomas Carter, Appellant 1980-07-18
Wilbur Gene Poore, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1980-07-18
Topeka Railway Equipment, Inc., Appellant, v. Foremost Insurance Company, Appellee 1980-07-18
CIT Financial Services, Inc., of Kansas, Appellee, v. Henry Gott, et al.; Ernest A. Peterson, et al.; Kice Metal Products Co., Inc.; Robert Ireland and Ray Barber, d/b/a Ireland and Barber, Appellants 1980-07-25
Edward Darnall and Joe Darnall, Appellees, v. Robert Lowe, Appellant 1980-07-25
Roxanne McCabe, Appellant, v. Johnson County, Kansas, Board of County Commissioners, Appellee 1980-07-25
In the Matter of the Guardianship and Conservatorship of Frederick J. Miller 1980-08-01
City of Kansas City, Kansas, Appellee, v. Joyce Connor, Appellant 1980-08-01
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Randall Lane Malbrough, Appellant 1980-08-15
Anita Horne, Avis Minger and Dalton Holland, Appellees, v. Francis Marion Oller, a/k/a Marion Oller, Appellant 1980-08-15
Lynda C. Larsen, now Lynda C. White, Appellee, v. Larry J. Larsen, Appellant 1980-08-15
Franklin D. Martin, Appellant, v. Unified School District No. 233, Millers Mutual Insurance Company, and Kansas Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellees 1980-08-15
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Cullen C. Becknell, Jr., Appellant 1980-08-15
In the Interest of Marie Ann Watson, A Child Under 18 Years of Age 1980-08-15
John T. Arnold Associates, Inc., for and on Behalf of Sutton Place, Ltd., A Limited Partnership, and V. N. Harris and John T. Arnold, d/b/a Vics Place, A Partnership, and Dr. Russell Duckworth, D.D.S., Appellants, v. The City of Wichita, Kansas, A Municipal Corporation, Appellee 1980-08-22
Frank E. Brice-Nash, Appellant, v. Etta M. Brice-Nash, Appellee 1980-08-22
Glen Marcellus, Appellant, v. K.O.V., Inc., et al., Appellees 1980-08-22
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Edsel Garland Gilley, Appellant 1980-08-22
Anspacher & Associates, Inc., Plaintiff, Orlando P. Strausz, Appellant, v. James H. Leslie, Defendant, Arlene Johnson Jennings, Appellee 1980-09-12
Janet L. Libel, Appellee, v. John J. Libel, Appellant 1980-09-12
Allis M. Jones, Appellant, v. David J. Smith, Appellee, and Western Casualty & Surety Company, Garnishee 1980-09-12
Wayne Lambert and Rosalea Lambert, Appellants, v. City of Emporia, Kansas; Markowitz Builders, Inc.; J. Trevor Lewis & Associates; and Montgomery Ward, Appellees 1980-09-12
Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, Appellee, v. Danial A. Burwell, D.C., Appellant 1980-09-12
In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Trent 1980-09-12
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Richard R. Boling, Appellee 1980-09-19
Bernard Michael Treiber, Appellant, v. Jan Risner Stong, Appellee 1980-09-26
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Kansas City, Plaintiff; J. R. Sherman, Appellant, v. Lloyd D. McKain, Jr., Defendant, and Rachel K. McKain, Defendant-Appellee 1980-09-26
John L. Cussimanio, Appellant, v. Kansas City Southern Railway Company and United Transportation Union, Appellees 1980-09-26
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Daniel G. Keleher, Appellant 1980-10-03
In the Matter of the Application of Dwaine F. Radke and Barbra Radke, his Wife, for the Appointment of Receivership 1980-10-10
Harlyn P. Knight, Appellant, v. Neodesha, Kansas, Police Department, et al., Appellees 1980-10-10
Cleo Long, Appellant, v. James M. Riggs, Connie A. Riggs, Kenneth Borders and James B. Nutter & Company, a Corporation, Appellees 1980-10-17
In the Interest of William David Johnson, A Minor Under the Age of 18 Years 1980-10-17
Hubert L. Krug; Rosa A. Schaffer; Dorothea Daubert; Karl F. Deines; Magdalena Schaefer; Martha E. Miller; Marie Steiben; Esther M. Gersib; Vera G. Harper; Ruth Schneider, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ray R. Krug and James H. Norris, Defendant-Appellant, v. Cities Service Petroleum Company, formerly Cities Service Oil Company, Defendant-Appellee 1980-10-24
Ernestine Cloud, Appellee, v. The Trinity Companies, Trinity Universal Insurance Co., Appellant 1980-10-24
Mae Bell Crabtree, Appellee, v. Beech Aircraft Corporation and State Automobile & Casualty Underwriters, Appellants 1980-10-24
Heshion Motors, Inc., Appellee, v. Trinity Universal Insurance Company, Appellant 1980-10-24
State of Kansas ex rel. Ralph Crawford, Appellees, v. Centerville Grain Company, Inc., Appellee, Donald Ungeheuer, David Ungeheuer & Dillard Ungeheuer, Appellants 1980-10-31
J & W Equipment, Inc., Appellee, v. Tom Weingartner, Appellant, v. J I Case Company, Appellee 1980-10-31
In re Gerard M. McGhee Gerard M. McGhee, Appellant, v. State Appeals Committee, Kansas Social and Rehabilitation Services, Appellee 1980-10-31
Garry E. Beard, Appellee, v. Jacque Beard, Appellant 1980-10-31
Consultation, Inc., Appellant, v. City of Lawrence, Kansas, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee 1980-11-07
David Wright, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1980-11-07
Board of County Commissioners of Leavenworth County, Kansas, Appellee, v. Ben Cunningham, Appellant 1980-11-14
Beverly Howard, Appellant, v. Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., Appellee 1980-11-14
The Kansas Power & Light Company, Appellant, v. The State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, Richard C. Loux, Chairman, Jane T. Roy and William G. Gray, Commissioners, and their respective successors in office as members of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, Appellees 1980-11-18
Edward J. Roitz, Appellee, v. Randy T. Brooks, Appellant 1980-11-21
Lawly A. Nelson, Appellee, v. George Hedges, et al., Defendants, Donald B. McGuire, et al., Appellants 1980-11-26
Kansas City District Advisory Board, Church of the Nazarene, Appellee, v. Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, Kansas, et al., Appellants 1980-11-26
Clarence M. Trent and Ruth Trent, Appellants, v. City of Pittsburg, Kansas, Appellee 1980-11-26
Daisy Daniels and Patricia L. Filancia, Appellants, v. Jerry Chaffee d/b/a Circle C Training Center, Appellee 1980-12-05
Kathleen Tanner, Appellant, v. Connie Hancock, Appellee 1980-12-05
Darrell D. Langhofer, Appellant, v. Scott M. Reiss, Appellee, v. Yamaha International Corporation, a Corporation, and Yamaha Motors, Ltd., a Corporation, Appellees 1980-12-12
James Stewart, Appellant, v. Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, and Agents of the State of Wisconsin, Appellees 1980-12-12
Kopps Rug Company, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Allen Talbot, Esther Talbot, and Capitol Federal Savings & Loan Association, Defendants-Appellants, and Midwest Heating & Cooling, Inc., and Distributors, Inc., Defendants-Appellees 1980-12-12
In the Interest of Julie Cooper, A Juvenile Under Age Eighteen 1980-12-12
Blanche E. Squires, Appellee, v. Phil Woodbury, Appellant 1980-12-24
Phillip M. Carter, Appellee, v. Kansas Gas and Electric Company, Appellant, and Kansas Workers Compensation Fund, Appellee 1980-12-31
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Thomas W. Hargis, Appellant 1980-12-31
Cora Odam, Appellant, v. Arthur Murray, Inc., Chalda, Inc., and Earl W. Haire, Appellees 1980-12-31