Kansas Supreme Court, 1931

172 opinions

The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. J. B. McIntyre, Appellant 1931-01-09
E. C. Ryan, as Executor, etc., Plaintiff, v. The Tax Commission of The State of Kansas et al., Defendants; George MacKinnon, Plaintiff, v. The Tax Commission of The State of Kansas et al., Defendants 1931-01-10
The State of Kansas, ex rel. William A. Smith, Attorney-general, etc., Plaintiff, v. The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Shawnee; J. A. Eddy, as County Treasurer, and Clarence Smith, Walter Pleasant and Rodney Elward, as the State Tax Commission, Defendants 1931-01-10
Laurel Goodman et al., Appellees, v. L. W. Cretcher et al., Appellants 1931-01-10
Marie Shive, Appellee, v. Leffa M. Hayes, Appellant 1931-01-10
Edward Neuhaus, Appellee, v. The Hope Engineering Company and The Maryland Casualty Company, Appellants 1931-01-10
The Massey-Harris Company, Appellant, v. H. E. Horn et al., Appellees 1931-01-10
Frank R. Diver, Appellee, v. The Fourth National Bank in Wichita et al., Appellants 1931-01-10
In re Condemnation of Land for State Highway Purposes: The State Highway Commission, Appellant, v. Harry W. Griffin and Ella C. Griffin, Appellees 1931-01-10
The Kansas Wheat Growers Association, Appellant, v. Fred Windhorst, Appellee 1931-01-10
Lawrence Hartman, Appellee, v. The Kansas City, Leavenworth & Western Railway Company, Appellant 1931-01-10
Martha M. Palmer, as Executrix of the Estate of W. F. Palmer, Deceased, Appellant, v. Charles W. Johnson, Receiver of the Citizens State Bank of Sabetha, and The Citizens State Bank of Sabetha, Appellees 1931-01-10
C. G. Bertholf et al., Appellants, v. Milton Porter Cornel et al., Appellees 1931-01-10
Bert J. Mickens, Appellant, v. J. B. Davis and F. A. Trump, Appellees 1931-01-10
Bessie Phillips, Appellee, v. The City of Wichita, Appellant 1931-01-10
Bertha Hewett, Howard Moore, Chester A. Moore, Abbie Sloan, Roy E. Moore, Hazel Proctor and Fred Rumble, Appellees, v. William D. Gott, Appellant 1931-01-10
Charles Brandon, Appellee, v. The St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Company et al., Appellants 1931-01-10
Frank W. Emery, Appellant, v. The Riverside Drainage District, Appellee 1931-01-10
H. G. Brown, Appellee, v. Hugh C. Larimer, Appellant 1931-01-10
Ben V. Lamborn, Plaintiff, v. Emmett Hutton, as Street Commissioner, etc., Defendant 1931-01-10
Goffe & Carkener, Incorporated, Appellee, v. C. E. Henneberger, Appellant 1931-01-10
The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Bourbon, Appellee, v. J. G. Miller, W. C. Perry, Ada Lee Miller and J. W. Montee, Appellants 1931-01-10
The First State Bank of Greeley County, Appellant, v. H. F. Lowder and M. D. Kuttler, Appellees 1931-01-10
Elsie M. Jacoby, Appellee, v. George Jacoby, Appellant 1931-01-10
The Amsden Lumber Company, Appellant, v. James Stanton and Thomas Wallace, Appellees 1931-01-10
W. H. Vernon and J. S. Vernon, Appellees, v. The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Edwards, Appellant 1931-01-10
A. C. Cooke and G. G. Little, Partners doing business under the Firm Name of Cooke & Little Coal & Cement Company, Appellees, v. Ed W. Luscombe, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, John T. Ward, Thomas F. Lillis, The Continental Casualty Company and Fraternal Aid Union, Appellants 1931-01-10
In re Estate of George Otto Bemarkt; Walter C. Bemarkt, Alvin E. Bemarkt, Stella B. Gadell and Martha B. Broderick, Appellants, v. C. N. Prouty and Anna Bemarkt, Appellees 1931-01-10
The Kansas Wheat Growers Association, Appellant, v. John B. Markley, Marvin O. Mowery, Abner R. Prather, Hosea Langley and L. D. Tabler, as Trustees of the Farmers Elevator Company, of Luray, Appellees 1931-01-10
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. F. C. Woodbury, Appellant 1931-01-10
Howard T. Fleeson, Appellee, v. Wallace Whitcomb (The Swallow Airplane Company), Appellant 1931-01-10
Noah Turner et al., as next of Kin of Mary Turner, Deceased, Appellants, v. John F. Laying, Receiver for The Union Traction Company, Appellee 1931-01-10
F. C. Poole, as Administrator, etc., of the Estate of Charles M. Woody, Deceased, and P. H. Coney, Appellants, v. Josephine Woody, Appellee 1931-01-10
In re Application of Elsie Hoober for Writ of Habeas Corpus; Elsie Hoober, Appellant, v. Roy Henderson, Appellee 1931-01-10
Olive J. Elfert, Appellant, v. Earl C. Elfert, Appellee 1931-01-10
Clarence F. Quinlan, Appellee, v. Joseph Zielinski, Appellant 1931-01-10
Oscar Ek and Phoebe Ek, Appellants, v. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, Appellee 1931-01-10
Georgia Burger, Appellee, v. The City of Wichita and The Martin-Day Construction Company, Appellants 1931-01-10
Warren Boss, Appellee, v. W. C. Brown, Appellant 1931-01-10
F. A. Hill and J. O. Bradford, Appellees, v. John F. Goering and Ephrasina Goering, Appellants (The Farmers and Merchants Bank, Appellee) 1931-01-10
The Citizens Bank of Galena, Plaintiff, v. The Tax Commission of the State of Kansas et al., Defendants; The Wheeler, Kelly, Hagny Trust Company, Plaintiff, v. The Tax Commission of the State of Kansas et al., Defendants; The Davis-Wellcome Mortgage Company, Plaintiff, v. The Tax Commission of the State of Kansas et al., Defendants 1931-01-10
The Federal Reserve Life Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Riddelle L. Gregory, as an Individual and as Administrator of the Estate of W. H. Gregory, Deceased; D. H. Holt, Vernon B. Holt, et al., Appellees 1931-01-10
The State of Kansas, ex rel. Gertrude L. Emery, Appellant, v. Chris Christensen, Appellee 1931-01-10
The Emerson-Brantingham Implement Company, Appellant, v. The A. C. Penniman & Son Hardware Company, Appellee 1931-01-10
Mabel Melvin Simington et al., Appellees, v. Mathil Melvin Cubberly et al., Appellants 1931-01-10
Jouett Shouse, Dudley Doolittle and Phil D. Morelock, Appellants, v. The Consolidated Flour Mills Company, Appellee 1931-01-10
John A. Swan and Mary A. Swan, Appellants, v. The Riverside Bathing Beach Company, Appellee 1931-01-10
Eliza K. R. F. Sasseen-Grinnell, Appellee, v. Aaron Bokel, Appellant 1931-01-10
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. W. C. Sanders et al., Appellants 1931-02-07
James E. Ely, Appellant, v. James Riley, Appellee 1931-02-07
Earl Kennedy, Appellee, v. R. P. Liggett and The Union Indemnity Company, Appellants 1931-02-07
The Weber Implement & Automobile Company, Appellee, v. C. Dubach, Christian Dubach, George Dubach, and - Rickel, a Partnership doing business under the Firm Name of Rickel & Dubach et al., Appellees (The United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Intervener, Appellant) 1931-02-07
Raymond F. Rice et al., Appellees, v. John L. Kilworth (et al.), Appellant 1931-02-07
James E. Braden et al., Appellants, v. William S. Neal et al. Appellees 1931-02-07
Virgil B. Strange, Appellant, v. School District No. 97, Appellee 1931-02-07
M. N. MacLean, E. C. Bray, Lois C. Bray and The Bank Savings Life Insurance Company, Appellees, v. Roy V. Stuart and Lulu E. Stuart, His Wife, Appellants 1931-02-07
The Southern Surety Company, Appellant, v. William H. Parsons, Appellee 1931-02-07
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Herbert Wharton, Appellant 1931-02-07
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Allen Frizzell, Appellant 1931-02-07
Lulu G. Reese, Appellee, v. W. L. Reese, Appellant 1931-02-07
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Cecil Streit, Appellant 1931-02-07
O. L. Rifner, Appellee, v. A. E. Lindholm, Appellant 1931-02-07
F. S. Kirk, Appellee and Cross Appellant, v. The First National Bank in Wichita (The Exchange Trust Company of Tulsa, Okla., and George W. Miller, as Administrator of the Estate of George L. Miller, Deceased, Interveners, Appellants) 1931-02-07
G. W. Gates, Appellant, v. The Syndicate Oil Corporation, Appellee 1931-02-07
Hester L. Converse, Appellant, v. The Wichita Gas Company, Appellee 1931-02-07
J. W. Logerman and Eva G. Logerman, Appellees, v. Paul E. Wilson, Abe Kessler and Julius Ott, Appellants 1931-02-07
H. F. Peters and Barbara Peters, Appellees, v. E. L. Cavanah, Appellant 1931-02-07
The Finance Corporation of America, Appellant, v. W. H. Walpole, Appellee 1931-02-07
Margaret A. Homewood, Appellee, v. Charles H. Eggers, Appellant 1931-02-07
In re Estate of John C. Holmes, Deceased; Al Gard and G. O. Elliott, Appellants, v. The Estate of J. C. Holmes, Deceased, and Susie M. Holmes, as Executrix, etc., Appellees 1931-02-07
Minnie Sette, Appellant, v. Karl Sette, and Gilbert Sette as an Individual and as Executor of the Estate of Charles Sette, Deceased, et al., Appellees 1931-02-07
The A. H. Hill Lumber & Investment Company, Appellee, v. M. W. Carpenter, Albert Davis and Wood Morgan, as Township Trustees, etc., Appellants 1931-02-07
W. K. Stock, Appellee, v. Charles D. Scott, W. H. Davis and H. T. Whitaker, Appellants 1931-02-07
Sarah E. Fox, Appellant, v. J. W. Eaglin et al., Appellees (Naida L. Simpson and Esther Simpson, Cross Appellants) 1931-02-07
Lenna B. Griffith, Mae V. Griffith and Eva S. Hagerman, Appellees, v. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company and Felix W. A. Knoll, Appellants 1931-02-07
H. Chapman, Appellant, v. Wendell Watson, Appellee 1931-02-07
The State of Kansas, ex rel. William A. Smith, Attorney-general, Plaintiff, v. The Highway Commission of the State of Kansas, Defendant 1931-02-07
J. Fred Allen, Appellee, v. Margaret Allen, Appellant 1931-02-07
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Edward A. Towle, Appellant 1931-02-07
In re Application for Review of Order, etc., of The Public Service Commission, Made on Application of The Interstate Transit Lines; The Pickwick Greyhound Lines, Inc., Appellant, v. The Public Service Commission of the State of Kansas, Appellee 1931-02-07
John Bungard, Appellant, v. Jennie White, Grace Harris, Abbie Hartley, Lydia Deaver and Minnie Wickham, Appellees 1931-02-07
The Wichita Gas Company, Appellant, v. The Public Service Commission of The State of Kansas, J. W. Greenleaf, Charles D. Shukers and C. H. Montgomery, as Members, etc., The City of Wichita and The Wichison Industrial Gas Company, Interveners, Appellees 1931-02-07
Watson Stecher, Appellee, v. The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Appellant 1931-02-07
Mary Pellett, Appellant, v. Lincoln Pellett, as Executor, etc., Appellee 1931-02-07
Mary Lathrop, Appellee, v. Burke Miller, Appellant 1931-02-07
Arthur F. Honn, Appellee, v. Mrs. Arden Crist Elliott and The Phœnix Indemnity Company, Appellants 1931-02-07
T. L. Youmans, Appellee, v. The Kansas Telephone Company, Appellant 1931-02-07
Fern Lamb, Appellee, v. The Liberty Life Insurance Company, Appellant 1931-02-07
W. R. Hewey, Appellee, v. Wells W. Miller and W. D. Kenny, Appellants 1931-02-07
Oda Barnaby, Appellant, v. Sears, Roebuck & Company, Appellee 1931-02-07
The Federal Trust Company, Appellee, v. Rolland F. Ireland et al., Appellees; Hattie E. Shestak, Appellant 1931-03-07
Harry Badgley, Plaintiff, v. Fred E. Morse, Defendant 1931-03-07
The Bank of Holyrood, A. D. Jellison, W. C. Frevert, George T. Tremble, B. L. Gardanier, E. J. Snyder and Hannah Heiken, Appellants, v. R. J. Kottmann, Treasurer of Ellsworth County, and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Ellsworth, Appellees 1931-03-07
Thomas A. Metcalf, Appellee, v. Zuleme Metcalf, Appellant 1931-03-07
Margaret Shrout, Appellee, v. Earl Bird, Appellant 1931-03-07
William A. Toplikar, Appellee, v. Charles E. Kaufman and Sophia B. Kaufman, Appellants 1931-03-07
The Southwest Building and Loan Association, Appellee, v. D. M. Merrill et al., Appellants 1931-03-07
Nick Greiner, Appellee, v. Maggie Greiner, Appellant 1931-03-07
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Charles O. Lawn, Appellant 1931-03-07
R. C. Bock, Plaintiff, v. John P. Stack, as Mayor of the City of Beloit, John W. Hayes et al., as Councilmen, etc., and the City of Beloit, Defendants 1931-03-07
Max Skinner, Claimant, Appellee, v. The Dunn Mercantile Company, Respondent, and The London Guarantee and Accident Company, Appellants 1931-03-07
Eliza J. Hase, Appellant, v. Bank of Commerce, of Ralston, Oklahoma, Appellee 1931-03-07
Lloyd H. Hilton, Appellee, v. The Sheridan Coal Company, Appellant 1931-03-07
The Manhattan Masonic Temple Association, of Manhattan, Appellant, v. Viola Rhodes, as County Treasurer of Riley County, and The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Riley, Appellees 1931-03-07
In the Matter of the Estate of Augusta L. Woelk, Deceased; Myrtle L. Lippincott, Appellant, v. P. H. Zuercher, Executor, Appellee 1931-03-07
Flora Sanger, Appellant, v. David Sanger, Anna Grube, James Sanger, Henry Sanger, Phillip Sanger, William Sanger, Andrew Sanger and Wesley Sanger, Appellees 1931-03-07
Robert Walker, Appellant and Cross Appellee, v. C. N. Row, Appellee and Cross Appellant 1931-03-07
J. E. Weller, Appellee, v. The Farmers Alliance Insurance Company, Appellant 1931-03-07
Ben Darbe, Appellee, v. The Crystal Ice & Fuel Company, Appellant 1931-03-07
The Beeler & Campbell Supply Company, Appellant, v. Edward T. Riling, C. J. Topping, T. D. Funk and C. M. Harbaugh, Appellees 1931-03-07
Thomas J. Holyfield, Appellee, v. The Farmers Alliance Insurance Company, Appellant 1931-03-07
The Emerson-Brantingham Implement Company, Appellant, v. J. A. Fenimore, Appellee 1931-03-07
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. J. G. Miller, Appellant 1931-03-07
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Alfred Kirby Jella, Appellant 1931-03-07
Violet Scamahorn et al., Appellants, v. H. J. Perry et al., Appellees 1931-03-07
Fred Riner, Appellant, v. C. V. Collins, Appellee 1931-03-07
Roy Crow, Appellant, v. Anna Floss Simon, Appellee 1931-03-07
Lloyd Cummins, Appellee, v. The Standard Oil Company of Indiana, Appellant 1931-03-07
F. F. Fritchen, Appellee, v. E. C. Mueller and Mary Jacobs, Appellants 1931-03-07
Ethel Craig, Appellee, v. The Kansas City Public Service Company, Appellant 1931-03-07
Ruby Pearl Long et al., Appellees, v. Edna May Marshall et al., Appellants 1931-03-07
R. C. Sharer, Plaintiff, v. The Kansas Soldiers Compensation Board, and Clyde M. Reed, Will J. French, J. W. Graybill, E. A. Cornell and Milton R. McLean, as Members of Said Board, Defendants 1931-03-07
W. F. Young, Appellant, v. R. C. Lucas and Maggie Lucas, Appellees 1931-03-07
Stanley Jackovich, Appellant, v. Armour & Company, Appellee 1931-03-07
M. H. Heatherman, Appellant, v. The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Kingman et al., Appellees 1931-03-07
Edith M. Crowley et al., Appellants, v. William Nixon, and William Nixon, Executor, etc., et al., Appellees 1931-03-07
The Towne Manufacturing Company, Appellee, v. The Allvine Dairy Company, Appellant 1931-03-07
Macy Burgin, Appellee, v. The Western Coal & Mining Company, Appellant 1931-03-07
The State Bank of Dodge City, Appellee, v. M. D. Gonder, Appellant; F. A. Ira and Ethel Ira, Cross Petitioners, Appellees 1931-03-07
Helen Van Pelt, Appellee, v. The Richards Paint & Paper Company and George Irvine, Appellants 1931-03-07
William J. Burke, Sr., Appellee, v. The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company, Appellant 1931-03-07
The McCandliss Construction Company, Appellee, v. The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Neosho, Appellee; The State Highway Commission of the State of Kansas, Appellant 1931-03-07
Emmet R. Wilhoit et al., Appellants, v. Effie Odor Wilhoit et al., Appellees 1931-03-07
Carl M. Light, Appellee, v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Appellant; O. E. Cowan, Appellee, v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Appellant 1931-03-07
Otis Beal, Appellee, v. The El Dorado Refining Company and The United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Appellants 1931-03-07
The Master Builders Association of Kansas, Appellant, v. Lee Carson, Appellee 1931-03-07
Rhoda Dye, Appellant, v. The Rafter Farm Mortgage Company, Appellee 1931-04-11
G. D. Robinson, C. F. Robinson, T. L. Robinson and C. A. Beck, Appellants, v. The Eagle-Picher Lead Company and The Commonwealth Lead and Zinc Company, Appellees 1931-04-11
The State of Kansas, ex rel. Roland Boynton, Attorney-general, Plaintiff, v. The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Sumner and the Highway Commission of the State of Kansas, Defendants 1931-04-11
Frank Schweiger, Appellee, v. The Sheridan Coal Company, Appellant 1931-04-11
Bobbie Scott, Margaret Scott, Francis Scott and Regina Scott, by their Guardian, Frank Scott, Appellees, v. Jack Devine, a Sole Trader doing business as Devine Coal Company, and Subscribers at Consolidated Underwriters, Appellants 1931-04-11
Fred Orville Donley, Appellant, v. Mrs. Tennie Goll (formerly Tennie Furthmyer), Jasper B. Furthmyer and George P. Furthmyer, Appellees 1931-04-11
The Milford Farmers Coöperative Exchange, Appellant, v. E. E. Mellinger, Appellee 1931-04-11
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Guy L. Lovell, Appellant 1931-04-11
G. T. Kinsey and Minnie A. Kinsey, Appellees, v. The Farmers State Bank of Neosho Falls, Appellant; J. S. Ball, Defendant 1931-04-11
James S. Patrick, Appellee, v. The Pettit Grain Company, Appellant 1931-04-11
Frank Lackey, Appellee, v. The Prairie Oil & Gas Company and The Independent Oil & Gas Company, Appellants 1931-04-11
Alys E. Anthony, Plaintiff, v. Frederick G. Sykes et al., Defendants (Roy A. Sykes, Hubert C. Sykes, Maia R. Clark, and Mary E. Sykes, Appellants, and Catherine I. Lyons, Appellee) 1931-04-11
Frank L. Boyer, Appellee, v. Lavina E. Day, Appellant 1931-04-11
The City of Emporia, Appellant, v. Hattie Humphrey, Appellee 1931-04-11
William S. Barker, Appellee, v. The Shell Petroleum Corporation and The Southern Surety Company of New York, Appellants 1931-04-11
Abbie Warren, Appellant, v. Carolyn Phebus, as an Individual and as Executrix of the Estate of Ida M. Ekengren, Deceased, et al., Appellees. In re Estate of Ida M. Ekengren, Deceased; Abbie Warren, Appellant 1931-04-11
Mary Yasbec et al., Appellees, v. The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Appellant, et al. 1931-04-11
Samuel Haston, Appellant, v. The Citizens State Bank of Sterling, Appellee 1931-04-11
Clare Seyfer, Plaintiff, v. E. T. Bloomer, as County Attorney, etc., et al., Defendants 1931-04-11
O. A. Ertman, Appellee, v. The Clemens Coal Company, Appellant 1931-04-11
Leota Blanche Klein, Appellant, v. The Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Company, Appellee 1931-04-11
Arthur Durst, Appellee, v. H. P. Wareham and The City of Manhattan, Appellants 1931-04-11
John J. Griffin, Appellee, v. The Oklahoma Natural Gas Corporation, Appellant 1931-04-11
Anton Resnar, Appellant, v. The Wilbert & Schreeb Coal Company, and T. H. Mastin & Company, Appellees 1931-04-11
Pete Dinoni, Appellant, v. The Vulcan Coal Company and T. H. Mastin and Company, Appellees 1931-04-11
The Drumm-Standish Commission Company, Appellee, v. The Farmers State Bank of Neosho Falls, Appellant 1931-04-11
Ida Pearl Wheeler, Appellee, v. Melvin Jackson, Appellant 1931-04-11
L. L. Taylor, Appellee, v. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, Appellant, et al. 1931-04-11
Sam F. Stewart and Emma J. Stewart, Appellees, v. The Marland Pipe Line Company (now The Continental Pipe Line Company), Appellant; John T. Ferriter, Laura Ferriter, O. A. Powell and Cora Powell, Appellees, v. The Marland Pipe Line Company (now The Continental Pipe Line Company), Appellant 1931-04-11
Opal Harris, Appellee, v. The Kansas City Public Service Company, Appellant 1931-04-11
Myrtle I. Frary, Carrie Bell Frary and Anna Marie Frary, by Their Next Friend, Mother and Natural Guardian, Myrtle I. Frary, Appellees, v. Roxana Petroleum Corporation (now Shell Petroleum Corporation), Appellant 1931-04-11
D. M. Bowland, Appellant, v. Art McDowell, Intervener, Appellee (The Farmers Union Shipping Association, Defendant) 1931-04-11
J. F. Windus, Appellant, v. W. H. Bodecker, Appellee 1931-04-11
Mary S. Warner, Appellee, v. The Shell Petroleum Corporation et al., Appellants 1931-04-11
Charles W. Johnson, Receiver of the Bank of Powhattan, Appellee, v. R. L. Funk (Carl H. Funk, Appellant) 1931-04-11
W. N. Rowe, Appellant, v. The Glen Elder State Bank and D. H. Lockridge, Appellees 1931-04-11