Kansas Supreme Court, 1947

96 opinions

Marie Schott Loucka, Petitioner, v. The State Department of Social Welfare, etc., Guido Schott and Dorothy Schott, Respondents 1947-04-22
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jacob Whalen, Appellant 1947-05-03
Glenn W. Travis, Appellee, v. Marjorie M. Travis, Appellant 1947-05-03
Charles Houdashelt, E. Houdashelt, J. P. Houdashelt, Floyd Houdashelt, J. A. Houdashelt, J. C. Houdashelt, Paul Houdashelt, Laura Nell Wilber, Cleo Ashlock, May Berry, and Bessie Lindsey, Appellants, v. Anna Sweet, Appellee 1947-05-03
Cornelius Zacharias Wiebe, Petitioner, v. Robert H. Hudspeth, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, Respondent 1947-05-03
Julia A. Grant, Appellee, v. Lloyd M. Reed (Alias Floyd Russell), and Clarence E. Jones, Appellants 1947-05-03
V. F. Schulte and Osa Schulte, Appellees, v. Westborough, Inc., The Rock Island Lumber Company, The McClellan Construction Company, L. H. McClellan, J. L. McClellan, and Roy Schoeb, Appellants; Floyd Dennon and Opal Dennon, Appellees, v. Westborough, Inc., The Rock Island Lumber Company, The McClellan Construction Company, L. H. McClellan, J. L. McClellan, and Roy Schoeb, Appellants 1947-05-03
W. P. Atherton, doing business as Fose Grain Company, Appellee, v. J. A. Goodwin and Reno Creamery Company, Appellants 1947-05-03
In the Matter of the Estate of Hazel Del Paronto, Deceased. (Jim Boykin and Rush V. Smith, Petitioners, and Bessie Cooner and The Planters State Bank, as Guardian of the Estate of James Francis Paronto, Intervenors, Appellants, v. Donald R. Armstrong, Appellee.) 1947-05-03
Evangelyne Wilcox, Appellant, v. Earl Fisher and Hazel Fisher, Appellees 1947-05-03
O. H. Giltner, Appellant, v. H. P. Stephens, Appellee 1947-05-03
Ferrill Rusch, Appellee and Cross-appellant, v. Phillips Petroleum Company, Cities Service Oil Company, Phil-han Oil Company, Gulf Oil Corporation, G. W. Hinkle, Walter Innes, Jr., C. H. Hoult, D. E. Dunne, Jr., and H. N. Carver, Appellants 1947-05-03
Joyce Felton, Appellant, v. Susan F. Rubow, Appellee 1947-05-03
Mary Kogler, Appellee, v. Earl Kogler, Appellant 1947-05-03
The Mariadahl Childrens Home, Plaintiff, v. Bellegarde School District No. 23, in Pottawatomie County, Defendant 1947-05-03
Elsie Stuart, Appellee, v. Claude Hoatson et al., Defendants, and George H. Forsythe, Appellant 1947-05-03
James Birmingham, Appellee, v. M. & W. Mining Company, Inc., D. L. Mundon and W. R. Welty, Appellants 1947-05-03
The City of Wichita, Plaintiff, v. George Robb, as State Auditor, etc., Defendant 1947-05-05
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Springfield, Massachusetts, Appellee, v. Charles F. Hobbs (Frank Sullivan substituted) as Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Kansas, Appellant 1947-06-07
Virginia J. Stafford, Appellee, v. Samuel Thomas Stafford, Appellant 1947-06-07
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Vernon McCombs, Appellant 1947-06-07
The State of Kansas ex rel. A. B. Mitchell, Attorney General (Edward F. Arn, substituted), Plaintiff, The State Highway Commission of Kansas, Defendant 1947-06-07
Bonnie Knouse, Appellee, v. Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, Appellant 1947-06-07
Tymon Gibbs, Appellant, v. Central Surety and Insurance Corporation, Appellee 1947-06-07
Helmerick & Payne, Inc., Appellee, v. The Bay Petroleum Corporation, Appellant 1947-06-07
The Farmers Union Central Coöperative Exchange, Appellant, v. Director of Revenue of the State of Kansas Bert E. Mitchner, and Revenue and Taxation Commissioners of the State of Kansas Mark Bennett, Dale Fisher and William Ljungdahl, Appellees 1947-06-07
Theodie V. Jardon, Leona J. Schnack, Edgar M. Jardon, Leota Hunt, and Claude E. Jardon, Appellants, v. Ray E. Price, Adean Barkley Lanni, Laverna Heffner, Cleo Groff, Lucille Rae Price Kerns, and Emery Charles Price, Appellees 1947-06-07
James M. Wilson and Lola Pearl Wilson, Appellants, v. (Milton A. Sanford et al., Defendants) First National Bank in Wichita, Trustee, Appellee 1947-06-07
Dorothy Deal Harrison, Appellee, v. The Farmers & Bankers Life Insurance Company, Appellant 1947-06-07
In re Estate of Clifton H. Moore, Deceased. (Clifton M. Warner, Appellant, v. W. C. Gould, Guardian ad litem, for John Hyatt et al., F. M. Luther, Jr., Administrator, and Mildred Meyer, Appellees.); In re Estate of Clifton H. Moore, Deceased. (Clifton M. Warner et al., Appellees, v. John Hyatt et al., Appellants.) 1947-06-07
The Cow Creek Valley Flood Prevention Association by Gilbert Shuler et al., Appellees and Cross-appellants, v. The City of Hutchinson, Albert D. Bell, as Mayor, Forrest McCandless et al., as City Commissioners, and T. C. Smith, as City Clerk, Appellants 1947-06-07
The State of Kansas, ex rel. Edward F. Arn, Attorney General, Plaintiff, v. The State Commission of Revenue and Taxation, William L. Ljungdahl, Chairman, Mark Bennett, and Dale A. Fisher, Commissioners, Bert E. Mitchner, Director of Revenue; The State Highway Commission of Kansas, Harold K. Snider, Commissioner First Division, Adrian M. Smith, Second Division, Charles L. Cushing, Third Division, Roy W. Cox, Fourth Division, Kirke W. Dale, Fifth Division and Acting Director of Highways (Successor to D. J. Fair, deceased); J. C. Berryman, Sixth Division ; Richard T. Fadely, State Treasurer, etc.; and George Robb, State Auditor, etc., Defendants 1947-06-07
Caleb Hultz and Luella Hultz, Appellants, v. John Taylor et al., Appellees 1947-06-07
The Joint Consolidated School District No. 2, by and through W. A. Engelhardt, a householder of said district, Appellant, v. Harry H. Johnson, J. K. Nelson, J. E. Vawter, J. K. Nelson, as Clerk, and J. E. Vawter, as Treasurer of the Joint Consolidated School District No. 2 (also known as the Oakley Consolidated School District), and The American Surety Company of New York, Appellees 1947-06-07
Beulah I. Crawford et al., Appellants, v. R. K. Crawford et al., Appellees 1947-06-07
Wilbur A. Pierce, Appellant, v. Jerry A. Jilka, an Individual doing business as Marquette Hotel, Appellee 1947-06-07
C. A. Cracraft, Appellee, v. The Kansas Power and Light Company, Appellant 1947-06-07
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Harry Seward, Jr., Appellant 1947-06-07
The State of Kansas, ex rel., George W. Donaldson, County Attorney of Neosho County, Plaintiff, v. Ethel Hines, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, and L. W. Brooks, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, etc., Defendants 1947-06-27
William Clifford, Appellee, v. Allan B. Eacrett, doing business as Central Aviation Engineering Company, Respondent, and The Western National Indemnity Company, Appellants 1947-07-12
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. George Allen, alias Jerry Allen, Appellant 1947-07-12
The Consumers Coöperative Association, Plaintiff, v. Edward F. Arn, Attorney General, Frank J. Ryan, Secretary of State, B. A. Welch, State Bank Commissioner, and the State Charter Board, Defendants 1947-07-12
Nathan Marks, Appellee, v. Lillian Marks, Appellant 1947-07-12
Magnolia Petroleum Company, Appellee, v. John W. Moyle, Appellant 1947-07-12
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Lawrence Liebeno, Appellant 1947-07-12
In the Matter of the Estate of David A. Fawcett, Deceased. (Leora E. Fawcett, Widow of David A. Fawcett, Deceased, Appellee, v. William Fawcett, Executor of the Will of David A. Fawcett, Appellant.) 1947-07-12
Pearl A. Thompson, Administratrix of the Estate of J. L. Thompson, Deceased, Appellee, v. Lawrence Matthews (Appellee), and J. A. Allen, Appellant 1947-07-12
In re Estate of Charles A. Lightfoot, Deceased. (Lulu E. West and Harry West, Appellants, v. Clarence G. Wilkie, Administrator of the Estate of Charles A. Lightfoot, Deceased, Appellee) 1947-07-12
The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Sumner, Appellant, v. Deborah Ann Avis (Defendant), (C. E. Karnes, Appellant) R. P. Mitchell et al., Appellees 1947-07-12
Ruth G. Pearcy, Appellee, v. John S. Williams and Henry V. Williams, Appellants 1947-07-12
School District No. 32 et al., Appellees, v. Mrs. E. J. Richards et al., School Reorganization Committee of Republic County, Appellants; School District No. 19 et al., Appellees, v. Mrs. E. J. Richards et al, School Reorganization Committe of Cloud and Republic Counties, Appellants; School District No. 4 et al., Appellees, v. School Reorganization Committee of Washington County, Appellants 1947-07-12
Paul Sisk, Appellee, v. H. A. Edmonston, doing business as Oil States Construction Company, Appellant 1947-07-12
In re Estate of Alexander Besse, Deceased. (Samuel J. Shriver, Executor, Appellant, v. Alden Besse and Hattie M. Besse, Cross-appellants and Appellees, Harold U. Besse et al., Appellees.); In re Estate of Alexander Besse, Deceased. (Hattie M. Besse, Appellant, v. Alden Besse et al., Samuel J. Shriver, Executor, Appellees.) 1947-07-12
In re Estate of Alexander Besse, Deceased. (Samuel J. Shriver, Executor, etc., Appellant, v. Hattie M. Besse, Appellee; Harold U. Besse et al., Appellees and Cross-appellants.) 1947-07-12
The State, ex rel. Alfred B. Williams, County Attorney, and The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pratt, Plaintiff, v. George Robb, Auditor of the State of Kansas, Defendant 1947-07-12
Eva Pulliam, Appellee, v. Raymond Pulliam, Appellant 1947-07-12
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Appellant, v. The State Commission of Revenue and Taxation et al., Appellees 1947-07-12
In the Matter of the Estate of J. C. Marteney, Deceased. (Andrew Marteney, Administrator, Ella Mae Marteney and Mae Chaney, Appellees, v. Rubah L. Brunnert Evans, Appellant.) 1947-07-12
Ada Marie McCarty, Deceased, A. W. Urquhart and Ada Hall Urquhart, Intervenors, Appellees, v. Patrick Otto McCarty, Appellant 1947-07-12
R. E. Mather and Marcus Wheeler, Partners doing business as Mather & Wheeler, Realtors, Appellants, v. Dora B. Robinson, Appellee 1947-07-12
The State of Kansas, ex rel. Edward F. Arn, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, Plaintiff, v. Consumers Cooperative Association, and the State Corporation Commission, etc., Defendants 1947-07-12
Clara E. Geisler, Administratrix of the Estate of August Geisler, Deceased, Appellee, v. The Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association and Boyd Messer, doing business as Boyd Messer Transfer, Appellants 1947-08-05
Margaret Jones Brewington, Appellee, v. The Western Union Telegraph Company, Appellant 1947-08-09
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Homer R. Mosley and Frank Schultz, Appellants 1947-08-09
The Sinclair Prairie Oil Company and The Landowners Oil Association, Appellees, v. A. D. Worcester and Oakie B. Worcester, Husband and Wife, Appellants; The Federal Land Bank of Wichita and The Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, Defendants 1947-08-12
Gilbert Piper, Appellee and Cross-appellant, v. James H. Moore, Jr., Lloyd Price, B. A. Breon, H. C. Simpson and Al Noyce, as Members of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina; E. J. Allison, as City Manager, and Edgar Heyl, as Chief of Police, etc., Appellants 1947-08-22
Anna Phyllis McMillin, a Widow, and Guardian of Stephen Francis, Donald Joseph, and John Patrick McMillin, Minors, Appellees, v. City of Salina Water Department (Respondent), and Maryland Casualty Company (Insurance Carrier), Appellants 1947-09-02
Andrew J. Moloney, Appellant, v. Marjorie H. Moloney, Appellee 1947-10-04
J. C. Elliott, Appellant, v. Alfred Peters, Appellee 1947-10-04
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Herman Greer, Appellant 1947-10-04
In the Matter of the Application of James Hostetler, Petitioner, v. R. H. Hudspeth, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, Respondent 1947-10-04
Buddy B. Allen, Appellee, v. Max Walton doing business as Max Walton Motors, Appellant 1947-10-04
Ivan Goodloe, Appellant, v. Jo-Mar Dairies Company, Appellee 1947-10-04
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Melvin Lowry, Appellant 1947-10-04
The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Cowley, plaintiff, v. Martha Herbert, Arthur Brown et al., Defendants; W. L. Jackson (Movant), Appellant, Jasper N. Powell (Respondent) ) Appellee 1947-10-04
The State of Kansas, ex rel. Harry E. Miller, County Attorney of Brown County, Plaintiff, v. Common School District No. 87, Brown County, Carl Argabright, Director, Robert O. Bruning, Clerk, and Robert D. Korthanke, Treasurer, Defendants 1947-10-23
A. C. Moorhead, Appellant, v. Wallace Guliford, Appellee 1947-11-08
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Dale Eason, Appellant 1947-11-08
Joseph M. Bell, Appellant, v. Donald Miller, Appellee 1947-11-08
Marion S. Wagner, Appellee, v. D. F. Thompson et al., Appellants 1947-11-08
Darrell S. Crawford, Appellant, v. Donald Miller, Appellee 1947-11-08
Edna Kinser, Appellant, v. J. G. Bennett, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Rees Carr, deceased, et, al., Appellees 1947-11-08
Julia A. Grant, Appellee, v. Lloyd M. Reed, alias Floyd Russell, and Clarence E. Jones, Appellants 1947-11-08
Robert S. Phillips, Jr., Appellee, v. Ella Mae Phillips, Appellant 1947-11-08
Juanita Heiserman, Appellant, v. Conrad A. Aikman, Appellee 1947-11-08
M. A. Schoonover, Appellant, v. Igleheart Brothers, Incorporated, Appellee 1947-11-08
Charles Johnson, a Minor, by Flossie Potter, his Parent and Next Friend, Appellee, v. The City of Galena, Appellant 1947-11-08
Martha Wharton, as Guardian of the Person and Estate of Frank Zenger, an Incompetent Person, Appellant v. August Zenger, Appellee 1947-11-08
William L. Walker (Claimant), Appellee, v. Arrow Well Servicing Company (Respondent) and St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Company (Insurance Carrier), Appellants 1947-11-08
Mary Elam, a widow, Appellant, v. M. Bruenger and Leona Bruenger; M. Bruenger and Leona Bruenger, doing business as Arkansas Valley Produce Company, and Norman Goulding, Appellees 1947-11-08
W. H. Matthews, Appellant, v. Elizabeth M. Matthews, Appellee 1947-11-08
Ada Carmichael, Appellant, v. The Estate of Glenn Bailey, Deceased, Appellee 1947-11-08
Gordon Peterson, Appellee, v. The Texas Company, Appellant 1947-11-08
In re Municipal Airport Condemnation of The City of Hutchinson, Appellant, v. C. D. Wagoner, Appellee 1947-11-08
Raymond O. Deinlein, Appellee, v. J. D. Pace, Appellant 1947-11-08
Grace H. Korber, Appellee, v. Arthur Korber, Appellant 1947-11-08