Kansas Supreme Court, 1973

109 opinions

In re The Complaints made against John Dennis Sullivan by the State Board of Law Examiners 1973
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Norman D. Chittenden, Appellee 1973-05-12
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Carroll William McClanahan, Appellee; State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Larry Dean Torrence, Appellee 1973-05-12
Michael A. Morra, Appellant, v. State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, Appellee 1973-05-12
William L. Bradshaw, Appellant, v. Jayco Enterprises, Inc., Appellee 1973-05-12
David Rauscher, Appellant, v. St. Benedicts College and Earl G. Thixton, Appellee 1973-05-12
City of Colby, Kansas, Appellee, v. Tommy S. Hurtt, Appellant 1973-05-12
Pearl Craig, Widow and Dependent of Clement Edward Craig, Appellee, v. Electrolux Corporation and Reliance Insurance Company, Appellants 1973-05-12
City of Wichita, Kansas, Appellant, v. Mays Company Incorporated, (Ed Dunn & Sons Sign Company, Inc.), Appellee 1973-05-12
Herman L. Neeley, Appellee, v. Board of Trustees, Policemens and Firemens Retirement System, City of Wichita, Appellant 1973-05-12
Phillip C. Griffith and Harriet A. Griffith, Appellants, v. Byers Construction Co. of Kansas, Inc., Appellee 1973-05-12
Anne Faye Richardson, Appellee, v. Alan Weckworth and Virginia Weckworth, Appellants 1973-05-12
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Patrick Edward Larkin, Appellant 1973-05-12
John V. Dick and Gary A. Dick, a partnership, doing business under the name and style of John V. Dick Construction Company, Appellant, v. LaVilla Inns, Inc., a corporation; Robert L. Arnold, Wanda J. Arnold, Floyd Bair Construction Company, Beachner Construction Company, Inc., Roe Parsons, Jr., Howell Ready Mix Concrete Company, Inc., James Burgan and the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburg, Kansas, Appellees 1973-05-12
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Stephen N. Seely, Appellant 1973-05-12
The Fleming Company, a Corporation, et al., Appellees, v. James T. McDonald, Director of Revenue, Appellant 1973-05-12
Clarice Byers, Appellee, v. Hesston Appliance, Inc., Appellant 1973-05-12
Robert Lee Jarrell, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1973-05-12
St. Francis Hospital and School of Nursing, Inc., Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. John Eckman and Vergie N. Eckman, Defendants, and United Benefit Life Insurance Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1973-05-12
Robert Eugene Lynch, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1973-05-12
William Froelich, Appellant, v. Syd Werbin, Appellee 1973-05-12
Philip Karrigan, Appellant, v. Nazareth Convent & Academy, Inc., and G. Rex Stone, Appellees 1973-05-12
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Timothy Robert Brothers, Appellant 1973-05-12
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Edward E. Welch, Appellant 1973-05-12
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. James V. Farmer, Appellant 1973-05-12
Beverly Andrews Jenkins, Appellee, v. The Newman Memorial County Hospital, A Corporation, Appellant 1973-05-12
Arthur Merle Seal, Vesta Titterington, Zelma Adams, Lora Holden, Jackie Holden Holland, Robert D. Holland, Appellees, v. Cora Seal, Appellant 1973-05-12
Robert Krahl, Appellant, v. Unified School District No. 497, Douglas County, State of Kansas, Appellee 1973-05-12
John M. Claflin, Stanley R. Ford, and James M. Sambol, The Board of Trustees of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building of Kansas City, Kansas, Appellees, v. Richard F. Walsh, Pat Hanlon, and Hugh P. Doherty, The Board of Commissioners of the City of Kansas City, Kansas, Appellants 1973-05-12
Dr. John E. Fieser, Appellant, v. Kenneth J. Stinnett, and James D. Stinnett, Appellees 1973-05-12
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Betty Julian, a/k/a Joyce Bryant, Appellant 1973-05-12
Dr. John E. Fieser, Appellant, v. St. Francis Hospital and Nursing, Inc., The Wichita Clinic, and Dr. John F. Lance, Appellees 1973-05-12
In the Matter of the Estate of Pearl Ingram, Deceased. (Eunice Ingram, Administratrix of the Estate of Harold W. Ingram, Deceased, Appellee, v. Frances [Garner] Ingalls, Appellant.) 1973-05-22
The Tri-State Hotel Company, Inc., Roger B. Fitch, Kenneth C. Fitch, Louise B. Fitch, and the Fourth National Bank and Trust Company, Wichita, a National Banking Association, as Trustee, Appellants, v. Sphinx Investment Co., Inc., Appellee 1973-06-09
Warren I. Paul and Barbara S. Paul, Appellants, v. The City of Manhattan, A Municipal Corporation; The Mayor and Board of Commissioners of Manhattan, Kansas; and Riley Investment Co., Inc., Appellees 1973-06-09
Cornelius A. Hiebert, III., a minor by and through his mother, Elma F. Hiebert, Appellee, v. Millers Mutual Insurance Association of Illinois, Appellant 1973-06-09
Eugene Lewis Simpson, Appellant, v. Logan-Moore Lumber Co. and Home Indemnity Company, Appellees 1973-06-09
Fred Benson, Appellee, v. The City of De Soto, Harvey Schultz, as Mayor of Said City, and Larry Buckley, Francis Gillihan, Mary Neeland, Charles Schmidt and Burrel Steele, As Members of the City Council of the Said City of De Soto, Said Mayor and Council Constituting the Governing Body of the Said City of De Soto, Appellants 1973-06-09
George M. Ketner, Jr., Appellee, v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a Corporation, Appellant 1973-06-09
On the Complaint of Mrs. Earline J. Clairborne, Appellant, v. The Coffeyville Memorial Hospital, Appellee 1973-06-09
Floyd Wayne Montgomery, II, a Minor, by Louise Montgomery, His Mother and Natural Guardian, Appellant, v. Patrick Barton, a Minor, Nathaniel S. Barton and Nancy J. Barton, Appellees 1973-06-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Allen Dale Randol, Appellant 1973-06-09
The Fidelity Investment Company, a Corporation, Appellant, v. John Hale, Register of Deeds, Sedgwick County, Kansas, and Lee B. Connell, Consumer Credit Commissioner, Appellees 1973-06-09
Angeline B. Randall, Appellant, v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company, Inc., and Casualty Reciprocal Exchange, Appellees 1973-06-09
Simeon Webb and Thelma Webb, Appellees, v. Ruth Graham, Appellant 1973-06-09
The Kansas Commission on Civil Rights, Appellee, v. The City of Topeka Street Department, Appellant 1973-06-09
Vickridge First and Second Addition Homeowners Association, Inc., N. H. Pronko, Lee Phillips, III, Russell W. Taylor, George Reed, Dr. Harvey W. Hefley, Nick Onofrio, Jeff Lyle, Dr. D. O. Howard, D. R. Soder, A. K. Wilson, Dr. Norman K. Pullman, Jack Spines, Jr., and Dan Caliendo, Appellees, v. Catholic Diocese of Wichita, Appellant 1973-06-09
Isaac Richard Ames, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1973-06-09
Tom R. Van Sickle [substituted for Walter H. Peery], Clay E. Hedrick, Appellants, v. Elwill M. Shanahan, Secretary of State, Appellee 1973-06-09
New Hampshire Insurance Company and American Central Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Kansas Power & Light Company, Appellee 1973-06-09
KV Homes, Inc., Appellant, and Albert C. Becker and Clyde Glandon, (Intervenors) Appellees, v. Wyandotte Lodge No. 3 of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Leonard Childers, Appellees 1973-06-09
Rupert W. Matthews, Appellant, v. The Travelers Insurance Company, Appellee 1973-06-09
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Henry M. Helgerson, and J. Allen Brazil, Appellees 1973-06-09
Olga Harris, Appellant, v. Trego County Lemke Hospital (Operated by Great Plains Lutheran Hospitals, Inc.) and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Appellees and Cross-Appellants 1973-06-09
Commercial Credit Corporation, Appellant, v. Olga Harris and Robert B. Wagner, Executor of the Estate of Calvin I. Harris, Deceased, Appellee 1973-06-09
Kenneth R. Butters, Elma Butters and City of Independence, Missouri, a municipal corporation, Appellants, v. Consolidated Transfer and Warehouse Company, Inc., Appellee 1973-06-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Robert Lewis Jackson, Appellant 1973-06-09
Thelma N. Clark, formerly Thelma N. Chipman, Appellant, v. Marion W. Chipman, Appellee 1973-06-09
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Jack D. Gustin, Appellee 1973-06-09
Deborah J. Knoble, Widow, Camille E. Knoble and Sonja G. Knoble, Minor Daughters of Virgil Leo Knoble, Deceased, Appellees, v. National Carriers, Inc. and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Appellants 1973-06-09
Don F. Hogue and Fern H. Hogue, his wife, Appellants, v. The Kansas Power and Light Company, a corporation, Appellee 1973-06-09
Earl N. Pierce, Jr., Appellee, v. Helen Burton, Executrix of the Estate of Fannie D. Taylor, Deceased, Appellee and Ann W. Goeggle, Appellant 1973-06-09
Clifford Schmidt and Shirley Schmidt, Husband and Wife, Parents and Sole Heirs at Law of Gregory Scott Schmidt, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Charles K. Martin, Defendant-Appellee 1973-06-09
Charles C. Theis, Appellee, v. duPont, Glore Forgan Incorporated, Appellant 1973-06-09
Willis Beals, Appellant, v. Heckendorn Manufacturing Co., Inc., a Corporation, Appellee 1973-06-09
The State of Kansas, ex rel., Vern Miller, Attorney General of Kansas; the State Board of Education of Kansas, et al., Appellant., v. Board of Education of Unified School District No. 398, Marion County (Peabody) Kansas, Appellee 1973-06-26
Lynn Welch, Earl Allen Schmidt, P. D. Smith and Charles Wilbur Russell, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Resident Electors in the High School Attendance Center of Disorganized Barton County, Kansas, School District No. Joint A, Appellees, v. Board of Education of Unified School District No. 495, Pawnee County, Kansas, et al., Appellants 1973-07-14
W. Milford Hall and Norma J. Hall, Appellees, v. Pioneer Crop Care, Inc., Appellant 1973-07-14
DeBauge Bros., Incorporated, Appellee, v. G. C. Whitsitt and Bernica R. Whitsitt, Appellants 1973-07-14
National Education Association of Shawnee Mission, Inc., Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Board of Education of Shawnee Mission Unified School District No. 512, Johnson County, Kansas, Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1973-07-14
Herman W. Duffin and Eugene C. Haas, Co-partners, Appellants, v. Lee Patrick, Appellee 1973-07-14
Rozella M. Van Brunt, Executrix of the Estate of Vivian C. Glenn, Appellant, v. P. R. Jackson and Norman C. Hamilton, Appellees, and Ardis McCray, Appellee 1973-07-14
Wayne R. Cain, Conservator of the Estate of Viola Cain, and Viola E. Cain, Appellees, v. Marvin Morrison and Marva L. Morrison, Appellants 1973-07-14
In the Interest of Jack Leroy Waterman II, A Child Under the Age of 18. State of Kansas, Petitioner, v. Jack Leroy Waterman II, Respondent 1973-07-14
Paul R. Anderson and Mildred R. Anderson, husband and wife, and Standard Plumbing Incorporated, a Kansas Corporation, Appellees, v. J. M. Scifers and Shirley Scifers, husband and wife, and Laurence W. Blaker, Appellants 1973-07-14
Ethel Newman, Appellee, v. A. W. Bennett, F. L. Alquist, L. B. Campbell and Ale Oil Company, d/b/ a Derbyshire Lease, and Western Casualty and Surety Company; L. B. Campbell, d/b/a 53 State Street Lease, and Western Casualty and Surety Company; A. W. Bennett, F. L. Alquist, L. B. Campbell and Ale Oil Company, d/b/a Clopton Lease, and Western Casualty and Surety Company; L. B. Campbell, d/b/a Boles Lease, and Western Casualty and Surety Company; Cloide Hensley and Continental Insurance Company; Dewey F. Weaver, Appellants 1973-07-14
Sutherland Lumber Co., Jan Fagg, James Fagg, Terry Hirt, Berl Martin, and Steve Morse, Appellants, v. L. E. Due and Carolyn Due, Husband and Wife, and Lawrence E. Adkins and John Haley d/b/a Arm Pole Barn Construction Co., Appellees 1973-07-14
Julia Ann Carr, Appellant, v. Ronald Lynn Carr, Appellee 1973-07-14
Lillian M. Funke, Appellant, v. E. Jay Fieldman, Appellee 1973-07-14
Spruill Motors, Inc., Appellant, v. Universal Underwriters Insurance Co., Appellee 1973-07-14
James E. Noel, Edwin F. Noel, Paul B. Noel, Ivan Noel, a/k/a J. Ivan Noel and as Ivan J. Noel, Joan Bell, Delbert Roy Ellis and Rebecca Baker, Appellants, v. Helen M. Noel, W. Ralph Long and M. Margaret Long, et al., Appellees and Cross Appellants, v. Grainfield Telephone Company, Cross-Appellee 1973-07-14
Opal R. Fairbanks, Appellant, v. Alexander Hodschayan, Jenell D. Todd, Val Terschluse, and Robert L. Snell, Appellees 1973-07-14
Rosalie Ann Mentzer, Appellee, v. Glenn E. Mentzer, Appellant 1973-07-14
State of Kansas, Appellee v. Charles Taylor, Appellant 1973-07-14
Rena Hines and Clark W. Hines, Appellants, v. Dee E. Leach, William Bowers, Milton Ferris, Jerry R. Ferris, Herbert Hogue, Curtis Sims and Joe Ferns, Appellees 1973-07-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Cleve Nichols a/k/a Cleve Steele, Appellant 1973-07-14
George T. Hibler, Appellant, v. Ray Nordyke, Appellee 1973-07-14
Samuel E. Munn and Esther M. Munn, Appellees, v. Albert F. Bramble and Sadie E. Bramble, Appellants, Harvey E. Doud, Cross-Appellant 1973-07-14
The State of Kansas, ex rel., Keith Sanborn, district attorney of Sedgwick County, Appellee, v. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc.; Glenn W. Turner, chairman of the board of Koscot Interplanetary, Inc.; Midway USA Koscot Distributor, Inc., Appellants 1973-07-14
Davis W. Cheek, Appellant, v. Kittie F. Kelley, Formerly Kittie F. Cheek, Appellee 1973-07-14
Pearl Dawson, an Incompetent Person, by and Through Her Duly Appointed Guardian, G. Waide Sibley, Appellee, v. Burt Dawson, Madge Fancher and First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Coffeyville, Kansas, a Corporation, Appellants 1973-07-14
Sanders B. Clayton, Appellee, v. Alliance Mutual Casualty Company, Appellant, and Darrell D. Bedore; Rubye Clayton, Appellee, v. Alliance Mutual Casualty Company, Appellant, and Darrell D. Bedore; Max A. Clayton, Appellee, v. Alliance Mutual Casualty Company, Appellant, and Darrell D. Bedore 1973-07-14
William F. Adams, Appellee, v. Ivan Marshall, Warren Reed, Edward Larkin, Jack Mitchell and George Warden, Appellants 1973-07-14
In the Matter of the Appeal of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Wichita, Kansas, From an Order of the Board of Tax Appeals of the State of Kansas Dated June 23, 1971. The Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Wichita, Kansas, Appellant, v. The State of Kansas, ex rel., Harold A. Armold, Director of Taxation of the Department of Revenue of the State of Kansas, Appellee 1973-07-14
S. R. Hukle and Robert L. Hughes, Appellees, v. City of Kansas City, Kansas, A Municipal Corporation, Defendant, and Argentine Action Group, by and through William E. Braden, Clifford Hackleman and John Russell, (Intervenor) Appellant 1973-07-14
Nonie M. Tatro, Appellant, v. Lueke B. Lueken, Appellee 1973-07-14
Ivan E. Rhodes, et al., Appellees, v. Robert C. Harder, State Director of Social Welfare, et al., Appellants 1973-07-14
Phillips and Easton Supply Co., Inc., Appellee, v. Eleanor International, Inc., Appellant 1973-07-14
Harley Seltmann, Arnold Greenwald, Ralph Weltmer, Oswald Schneider, Ben Daubert, Darrel Ochs, Frank Oborny, Jr., Wilbur Brack, Reuben Ochs, Lawrence Webs, Lawrence Cut-hell, Ernest Seltmann, A. Ronald Wilson, Jean J. Oborny, and W. E. Money, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The Board of County Commissioners of Rush County, Kansas, consisting of John Kober, Reuben Romeiser, and Raymond Reichel; John Kober, individually; Reuben Roemeiser, individually; Raymond Reichel, individually; The Board of Trustees of the Rush County Memorial Hospital, La Crosse, Kansas, consisting of Edward Oborny, Jr., Edward Juno, El Verne Seltmann, Clarence Wilson, and E. L. Wagner; Edward Oborny, Jr., individually; Edward Juno, indivdually; El Verne Seltmann, individually; Clarence Wilson, individually; and E. L. Wagner, individually, Defendants-Appellants 1973-07-14
Gorges Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., Appellant, v. James R. Cobler, Controller of Currency for the State of Kansas; Ronald G. Miller, County Treasurer of Sedgwick County, Kansas; Mrs. Marie Warden, County Clerk of Sedgwick County, Kansas; Elmer Peters, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas; Earl Rush, County Commissioner of Sedgwick County, Kansas; Tom Scott, County Commissioner of Sedgwick County, Kansas. Appellees 1973-07-14
OCharles E. Dunlap, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1973-07-14
Ronald Brooks, by Doyle D. Brooks, His Natural Guardian, Father and Next Friend, Appellant, v. Billy D. Link, Defendant, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellee, and Shirley M. Marsh and William Link, Plaintiffs, v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company, Appellee 1973-07-14
Barbara Southard, Appellee, v. Pedro Lira, Appellant 1973-07-14
In the Matter of the Estate of Willis B. Barnes, Deceased. (John Barnes and Elmer Barnes, Appellants, James M. Bailey, Executor, Appellee.) 1973-07-14
Donald Morrison, Appellant, v. Hurst Drilling Company and Pacific Employers Insurance Company, Appellees 1973-07-14
Harold A. Stickney and Richard L. McMillan, d/b/a Air Control Co., Appellees, v. Murdock Steel and Engineering, Inc., and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Appellants 1973-07-14
Henry Thierer and Nellie Thierer, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, The Board of County Commissioners of The County of Geary, Kansas, Appellees and Cross-Appellants 1973-07-14
Eva C. Scott, Appellee, v. Earl Keever, d/b/a Gambles, Ness City, Kansas: Falco Products Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., A Corporation, Appellees, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant 1973-07-14
Walter Gotheridge, Appellant, v. Unified School District No. 365 in the State of Kansas, and Wilbur Louk, Pearline Stephens and Ethel Conner, as representatives of a class, Estella Steiger, Oscar M. Schoonover, Anne M. Schoonover, and the unknown heirs, executors, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of M. M. Minkler and Estella Steiger, both deceased, Appellees 1973-07-14