Kansas Supreme Court, 1953

89 opinions

Winnifred Thornbrugh, Appellant, v. Chester T. Thornbrugh, Appellee 1953-07-06
George A. Schumock, Appellant, v. Frank Carl Meerian, Appellee 1953-07-06
Virginia Babb, Appellant, v. City of Wichita, Kansas; The Board of City Commissioners, consisting of W. C. Salome, L. A. Donnell, Earl K. Duke, F. Russell Jump and Floyd T. Amsden; C. C. Ellis, Clerk of the City of Wichita, Kansas, Appellees 1953-07-06
Clarence Lorey, Appellee, v. Dorothy Cox, Appellant 1953-07-06
James Barclay Smith, Jr., Appellant, v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association, Appellee 1953-07-06
The State of Kansas, ex rel. Harold R. Fatzer, as Attorney General of the State of Kansas, Plaintiff, v. Owen Martin, Gerald L. Wright, and Curtis Holt, as pretended members of Rural High-school Board of a pretended Rural High-school District, pretended to have been established in Bourbon County, Kansas, on March 4, 1953, Defendants 1953-07-06
E. H. Chapman, Appellee, v. Floyd T. Warmbrodt and Edna Francele Warmbrodt, Appellants 1953-07-06
Vivien Siegrist, Appellant, v. Max Wheeler, Clyde L. Shamburg, Burton Thompson, and Clyde L. Shamburg and Burton Thompson, doing business as Glasco Trucking Company, a co-partnership, Appellees 1953-07-06
Sybil Gertrude Hansen, Appellee, v. Agnes Walker, Appellant 1953-07-06
Herman F. Berndt, Appellee, v. Elizabeth Berndt, Appellant 1953-07-06
Anthony (Tony) Ruggles, Appellee, v. W. C. Smith, Jr., and Frank Tutterow, Appellants 1953-07-06
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Arthur Osborne Phillips, alias James H. Phillips, Appellant 1953-07-06
William H. Thomas, Appellee, v. Gene Morehead and George Morehead, Appellants; Harold Thomas, Appellee, v. Gene Morehead and George Morehead, Appellants 1953-07-06
In the Matter of the Estate of George E. Johnson, Deceased. Anna Pinkerton, Appellant, v. Maggie Johnson (Cross-appellant), and Marion C. Johnson and Alvin M. Johnson, as Executors and Trustees of the Estate of George E. Johnson, Deceased, et al., Appellees 1953-07-06
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. LeRoy McManaman, Appellant 1953-07-06
In the Matter of the Petition of William R. Justice for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, Appellee, v. Ty Lockett, Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Appellant; In the Matter of the Petition of Richard V. Hunt for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, Appellee, v. Ty Lockett, Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Appellant; In the Matter of the Petition of Chris J. Miller for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, Appellee, v. Ty Lockett, Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Appellant 1953-07-06
In re Estate of Crissie Anderson, Deceased. (Clayton P. Anderson, Appellant, v. Walter A. Anderson, Mary Anderson Nulton, Clinton C. Anderson, Milford H. Anderson, and D. Basil Rankin, Administrator de bonis non, with the will annexed of Stella A. Anderson, Deceased, Appellees.) 1953-07-06
Robert F. Fiest, Appellee, v. Edison W. Steere, Appellant 1953-07-06
In the Matter of the Estate of W. T. Davis, Deceased. (Maude Dilg, Respondent, Appellant, v. Jeff Barnes, Proponent, Appellee.) 1953-07-06
Darrell Z. Selbe, Petitioner, v. Robert H. Hudspeth, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, Respondent 1953-07-06
Thomas H. Ryan, Appellant, v. Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, Appellee 1953-07-06
Felix Strauss, Appellant, v. Guy A. Thompson, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor, Appellee 1953-07-06
The Long Bell Lumber Company, a Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Evelyn Johnson, Kertha Roberson and Mozella Roberson, husband and wife, T. V. Tankersley and Frank B. Marks, doing business as Kansas Coal & Material Co., Albert Butters and Lillian Butters, doing business as Butters Elec. Co., and C. A. Roberson, Defendants; Evelyn Johnson, Appellant, v. Kertha Roberson and Mozella Roberson, Appellees 1953-07-06
Willa R. Logan, Appellee, v. The Victory Life Insurance Company, a Corporation, Appellant 1953-07-06
The State of Kansas, on the relation of Richard A. Swallow, County Attorney of Jefferson County, Kansas, Appellee, v. Harold Reed, Vernon J. Kesinger and Frank Champion, as The District Board of Common School District No. 79, Jefferson County, Kansas, Appellants; Anna Patterson, Ruth Reed, Mildred Cropper and Evelyn Williamson, Appellants, v. Harold Reed, Vernon J. Kesinger and Frank Champion, as The District Board of Common School District No. 79, Jefferson County, Kansas, Appellees 1953-07-06
Patricia Ann Kaminski, by and through her father and next friend, Julius Kaminski, Appellee, v. Kansas City Public Service Company, a Corporation, and W. R. Snoderly, Appellants 1953-07-06
Alva Stinnett, A Minor and Infant, by Clara Stinnett, his Parent and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth Harper, Defendant-Appellant 1953-07-06
J. D. Freeman, Appellee, v. A. Lea Keltner, Defendant, National Lead Company, Garnishee, Appellant 1953-07-06
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. L. J. Montgomery, Appellant 1953-10-10
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Henry L. Ashton, Appellant 1953-10-10
Mildred L. Hughes, et al., Appellees, v. G. H. Kerfoot, et al., Appellees, and Elias E. Owen, Appellant 1953-11-07
Pearl Bishop, Appellee, v. Laura Huffman, Appellant 1953-11-07
G. H. Osborn, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. The Wheat Growers Mutual Hail Insurance Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1953-11-07
In the Matter of the Estate of Louisa Weaver, Deceased. Waldo O. Weaver and Glenn H. Weaver, Executors, Appellants, v. Alta Weaver, Appellee and Cross-appellant 1953-11-07
In the Matter of the Estate of Lucy Glass, Deceased. The State Department of Social Welfare of Kansas, Appellant, v. Commercial National Bank, Executor, Appellee 1953-11-07
Norine Morrison, Appellee, v. Kansas City Coca-Cola Bottling Company, a Corporation, Appellant 1953-11-07
Blanche French, Appellee, v. P. E. Heibert, Lewis G. Allen and William R. Allen, Appellants 1953-11-07
State of Kansas, ex rel., Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General of the State of Kansas; and Doral H. Hawks, County Attorney of Shawnee County, Kansas, Appellees, v. Sophia Molitor, Patricia Battaglia, Joan Molitor, John Molitor, a Partnership, doing business as Family Finance Company, and Gordon E. Zimmerman (Gordon E. Zimmerman, Individually, being the Sole Appellant) 1953-11-07
Garth D. Schooler, Appellee, v. Lula M. Schooler, Appellant 1953-11-07
Carlton M. Johnson, Appellant, v. Boeing Airplane Company, Appellee 1953-11-07
Woodrow W. Sporn and Waunita G. Sporn, Appellants, v. Isaac Walker Overholt and Lela Mae Overholt, Appellees 1953-11-07
Edith Stricklin, Appellee, v. Floyd I. Snavely, Appellant 1953-11-07
State of Kansas, ex rel., Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, et al., Appellees, v. William Hubbard, doing business as Wright Industrial Brokerage Company, et al., Appellants 1953-11-07
Don C. Smeltzer, Appellee, v. Gertrude Kathryn Smeltzer, Appellant 1953-11-07
In the Matter of the Estate of John B. Beeler, Deceased. Louise Beeler, Appellant, v. Richard G. Beeler and Jack B. Beeler as Administrators of the Estate of John B. Beeler, Deceased; and Richard G. Beeler and Jack B. Beeler, as heirs at law of John B. Beeler, Deceased, Appellees 1953-11-07
State of Kansas, ex rel., Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, et al., Appellees, v. Irving Miller, Jr., also known as I. Miller, Jr., doing business as Financial Service Company, et al., Appellants 1953-11-07
The Plains State Bank, a Corporation, Appellant, v. V. M. Ellis, et al., Appellees 1953-11-07
In the Matter of the Estate of Margaret Keenan, Deceased. (Mollie Keenan Lamb, Harold P. Keenan, Myrtle Keenan Hohner, Edna Keenan Haas, Appellees, v. Ella Stroble, Martha Curtis, Lena Curtis, Pearl French, Robert Savoy, Lester Savoy, Delbert Savoy, Reginald Savoy, Josephine Keenan, LaVerne Keenan, Gerald Keenan, Harry Keenan, Blanche OConner and Marjorie Vratil, Appellants.) 1953-11-07
State of Kansas, ex rel., Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, et al., Appellees, v. John Doe, doing business as Mutual Finance Company, et al., Appellants 1953-11-07
F. R. Gaines, Appellant, v. J. Ralph Cody, doing business as Cody Transfer & Storage Company, Appellee 1953-11-07
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Manuel Ramirez, Appellee; State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Joseph F. Springer, Appellee; State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Ralph Schleifer, Appellee; State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Ralph K. Frye, Appellee; State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Rance Jones and Robert R. Osborne, Appellees; State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Walter C. Millstead, Appellee 1953-11-07
Ause Stroud, Appellee and Cross-appellant v. Leslie McCusker and Albert Carriger, Appellants and Cross-appellees 1953-11-07
Roy A. McFadden, Appellant, v. Mid-States Manufacturing Corporation, Inc., a corporation, Appellee 1953-11-07
Clarence K. Brown, Appellant, v. Summerfield Rural High School District No. 3, Marshall County, Appellee 1953-11-07
W. C. Smith, Appellant, v. Dodge City Rendering Company, a corporation; Maryland Casualty Company, a corporation; Mrs. Trinidad Valesquez Byas, Appellees 1953-11-07
Byron G. Rogers, James H. Rogers, and Frank A. Bruno, Appellants, v. Florence Beiderwell, Appellee 1953-11-07
Beulah Ewing Ehrhart and Ralph Miller, Appellants, v. Ralph Spencer and Maxine Spencer, Appellees 1953-11-07
State of Kansas, ex rel., Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, et al., Appellees, v. William Hubbard, doing business as Lane Brokerage, C. E. Wright, Jr., et al., Appellants 1953-11-07
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Doris M. Pulec, Appellant 1953-11-07
The State of Kansas, on the relation of John Staley Holden, County Attorney of Gray County, Kansas, Appellant, v. Betty Belt, as County Clerk of Gray County, Kansas, and Donald Rohrbaugh, Bert Smith, Art Seal, Ronald Salmans, J. R. Allen, Floyd Hargett, R. D. Mitchell, Harold Hoskinson, C. F. Cossman, D. J. Smith, Leo B. Borland, Nathan H. English, John H. Timken, Johnson Holden, Jess Koehn, John ONeal, M. L. Johnson, Virgil George, S. J. Irsik, G. A. Egbert, and L. R. Mackey, Interveners, Appellees 1953-11-13
Mary Brayfield, Appellee, v. Ralph S. Brayfield, Appellant 1953-12-04
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Lee Noble, Appellant 1953-12-12
James A. McFadden, Appellee, v. John K. McFadden and Berdie McFadden Bleser, Appellants 1953-12-12
The Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery County, Kansas, Appellee, v. W. P. Allen, Republic Oil Refining Company, a corporation, et al., Appellees, and J. W. Moody and Virgil Knipmeyer, Appellants 1953-12-12
The State of Kansas, ex rel., Leta May Wilson, Appellant, v. Robert Holsman, Appellee 1953-12-12
Herman A. Gerber and Virginia Gerber, Appellees, v. J. D. McCall, an individual doing business under the firm name and style of McCall Service Station, Appellant 1953-12-12
Frank Bright, Appellant, v. Clate W. Bragg, doing business as Bragg Furnace Company, Appellee, and Advance Furnace Company, Intervenor 1953-12-12
Edward E. Koenke, Appellee, v. Iowa Home Mutual Casualty Company, Des Moines, Iowa, Appellant, and C. H. Hansen, Appellee 1953-12-12
Dairy Belle, Inc., a corporation, Appellant, v. Roy Freeland, Secretary of Agriculture of the State of Kansas, and H. E. Dodge, Dairy Commissioner of the State of Kansas, Appellees 1953-12-12
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Warren Lomax, Appellant 1953-12-12
Emma Mathey, Appellant, v. Charles H. Mathey, Appellee 1953-12-12
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Paul Virgil Stout, Appellant 1953-12-12
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. P. E. Latsha, Appellee 1953-12-12
Odessa Bell, Appellee, v. A. D. Allison Drilling Company Inc., and St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Company, Appellants 1953-12-12
James Harold Reedy, Appellant, v. Kathleen R. Reedy, Appellee 1953-12-12
Leon Jackson, Appellant, v. Vena Irene Jackson, Appellee 1953-12-12
The State of Kansas, on the relation of John Staley Holden, County Attorney of Gray County, Kansas, Appellant, v. Betty Belt, as County Clerk of Gray County, Kansas, and Donald Rohrbaugh, Bert Smith, Art Seal, Ronald Salmans, J. R. Allen, Floyd Hargett, R. D. Mitchell, Harold Hoskinson, C. F. Cossman, D. J. Smith, Leo B. Borland, Nathan H. English, John H. Timken, Johnson Holden, Jess Koehn, John ONeal, M. L. Johnson, Virgil George, S. J. Irsik, G. A. Egbert, and L. R. Mackey, Interveners, Appellees 1953-12-12
Les Gillen, an individual, doing business as Gillen Lumber Company, Appellee, v. L. W. Stangle and C. M. Knott, a Partnership, doing business under the style and firm name of Stangle & Knott, C. M. Knott, Appellant 1953-12-12
Beatrice Martin Peck, Appellant, v. Martha Martin Horst, Appellee 1953-12-12
The State of Kansas, ex rel., Doral H. Hawks, as County Attorney of Shawnee County, Kansas, Plaintiff, v. The City of Topeka, Kansas, a Municipal Corporation; George G. Schnellbacher, as Mayor of the City of Topeka, Kansas; Lloyd B. Smith, as Commissioner of Water of the City of Topeka, Kansas; J. Glen Davis, as Finance Commissioner of the City of Topeka, Kansas; C. Madison Williams, as Commissioner of Streets of the City of Topeka, Kansas; and William H. Yerkes, as Commissioner of Parks and Public Property of the City of Topeka, Kansas, Defendants 1953-12-12
Marian Peters, Appellant, v. C. F. Peters, Appellee 1953-12-12
Emma Henks, Appellee, v. Gertrude Panning and Elmer F. Panning, Appellants 1953-12-12
R. A. Smith and N. M. Smith, Appellants, v. The City of Prairie Village, Kansas, a Municipal Corporation, and M. J. Quaintance, Treasurer of Johnson County, Kansas, Appellees 1953-12-12
Wayne Johnston, et al., Appellees, Joe Van Tieghen, et al., Appellants, v. The City of Coffeyville, Kansas, a Municipal Corporation, et al., Appellees 1953-12-12
I. M. Mathis, Appellee, v. Public School District No. 103, Johnson County, Kansas, Appellant 1953-12-12
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Merle William Martin, alias William Merle Martin, Appellant 1953-12-12
Glenn Maddox, Appellant, v. Harold E. Neptune, Appellee 1953-12-12
James Hadley, Appellee, v. Security Elevator Company, Appellant 1953-12-12
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Robert Clyde Messmore, Appellant 1953-12-12