Kansas Supreme Court, 1977

177 opinions

State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Ersel F. Gordon, Appellee 1977-01-07
Lenexa State Bank & Trust Company, Appellant, v. Thomas R. Dixon, et al., Appellees; Petzold Development Co., Inc., Appellee, v. Lenexa State Bank & Trust Company, Appellant, and Thomas R. Dixon, et al., Appellees 1977-01-07
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. James E. Black, Appellant 1977-01-07
Kohn Enterprises, Inc., Appellee, v. City of Overland Park, Kansas, Appellant 1977-01-07
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Frederick G. Gatewood, Appellant 1977-01-07
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Antonio H. Palacio, Appellant 1977-01-22
Garry Eugene Williams, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1977-01-22
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Donald L. Hammond, Appellant 1977-01-22
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Robert C. Hornbeak a/k/a Robert C. Barker, Appellant 1977-01-22
Richard Walker, Appellant, v. Bernard F. Ireton and Marjorie J. Ireton, Appellees 1977-01-22
E. Gene Schulze, Appellant, v. Board of Education, School District No. 258, Humboldt, Kansas, Appellee 1977-01-22
Lloyd Wayne Estes, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1977-01-22
Paula D. Easom, Appellant, v. Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., Appellee 1977-01-22
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Walter Walker, Appellant 1977-01-22
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Bill Reese Wilson and James Michael Wentworth a/k/a Thomas J. Sanders, Appellants 1977-01-22
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Albert G. Edwards, Appellant 1977-01-22
OCharles E. Dunlap, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1977-01-22
James David Monroe, Appellant, v. Johnny Darr, Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas, and Ohio Casualty Insurance Company of Hamilton, Ohio, Appellees 1977-01-22
Irene J. Fleming, Appellee, v. Frank M. Fleming, Appellant 1977-01-22
John E. Craig and Raymond L. Carney d/b/a Carney & Craig Construction Co., Appellees, v. John Hamilton, Appellant 1977-01-22
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Malcolm M. Nicholson, and Goldie M. Nicholson, Appellants, v. Harland Cecil Hall, Appellee 1977-01-22
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Charlie J. Hollingsworth, Appellant 1977-01-22
Mildred R. Hillhouse, Appellee, v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Appellant 1977-01-22
Shirley Davis and Charles Davis, Appellees, v. The Western Insurance Companies, Appellants 1977-01-22
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jimmy Robertson, Appellant 1977-01-22
Wade Berryman, Appellee, v. Norbert H. Kmoch, Appellant 1977-01-22
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. George C. Dumler, Appellant 1977-01-22
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America; American Petrofina, Incorporated; American Petrofina Company of Texas; The K-T Oil Corporation; Jerry A. Ewy; Wendelin Herman; Tony Herman; Herman Oil Co., Inc.; Ethel Cero and Dean L. Cero, Co-administrators of the Estate of John Edward Cero, Deceased; Ethel Cero, as an Individual; Edward J. Cero, An Individual Doing Business As Ceros Provincial Candy Shoppe, Appellees, v. The City of Wichita, Kansas, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant 1977-01-22
Betty J. Jaremko, Appellant, v. William F. Jones, et al., Appellees 1977-01-22
Darlene E. Welch, formerly known as Darlene E. Lambert, Appellant, v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, formerly known as Citizens Insurance Company of New Jersey, an insurance corporation, Appellee, and Doris A. Majette, Appellee 1977-01-22
Shawnee Township Fire District No. 1, Appellant, v. Roger F. Morgan, Appellee 1977-01-22
Donald B. Rinsley, M. D., Appellant, v. Louis Frydman, Appellee 1977-01-22
William LeRoy Breier, Appellant, v. R. R. Raines, Appellee 1977-01-22
In re The Complaint made against Charles G. Stewart by the State Board of Law Examiners 1977-02-01
Harry Lightcap and Lela Lightcap, W. I. Cutter, Fern Ellen Maupin, Richard M. Stewart, Harold Parker and Fannie M. Flower, Appellees, v. Mobil Oil Corporation, formerly known as Socony Mobil Oil Corporation, Inc., Appellant 1977-03-05
United American State Bank and Trust Company, Appellee, v. Wild West Chrysler Plymouth, Inc., Appellant 1977-03-05
Hector Bribiesca, Appellant, v. City of Wichita, Defendant-Appellee, Sheldon L. Wulf, and M. J. Fraipont, Defendants 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Michael E. Burrow and Mark E. Dohlmar, Appellants 1977-03-05
Nancee K. Ellis, widow, Randal Scott Ellis, minor son, Jeffery Charles Ellis, minor son of Charles Lindell Ellis, deceased, Appellants, v. Kenneth Fairchild, d/b/a Kenneth Fairchild Mid-Continent Aviation, Inc. and Southeastern Aviation Underwriters, Inc. and Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, and Mann-Kline, Inc., Division of Marsh & McLennan, and Corky Nason, agent for Mann-Kline, Inc., Appellees 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Dalton Holt, Appellant 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Harold Allen Rueckert, Appellant 1977-03-05
First National Bank of Girard, Appellant, v. Bankers Dispatch Corporation, Appellee 1977-03-05
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Janice A. Seelke, Appellant 1977-03-05
Aladdin Petroleum Corporation, Appellant, v. Gold Crown Properties, Inc.; Gold Crown, Inc.; Presidential Woodgate, a General Partnership consisting of Gold Crown, Inc., a Kansas Corporation, Presidential Realty Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and M. Shapiro and Son, Inc., a New York Corporation; Steve Schuetz; and Commerce Mortgage Company, a Missouri Corporation, Appellees 1977-03-05
Kansas City Millwright Company, Inc., Appellee, v. F. Kent Kalb, Successor to Harold A. Armold, Director of Taxation, State of Kansas, Appellant 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Gary K. Alderdice, Appellant 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Max Franklin, Appellant 1977-03-05
Robert Sherman Oswald, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1977-03-05
Gerald Mildfelt, Appellant, v. Virgil Lair, Appellee 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Hal H. Daugherty, Appellant 1977-03-05
Karnes Enterprises, Inc., Appellee (Plaintiff), v. Joe Quan and Mae Quan, Appellants (Defendants), v. Dorrence Karnes, Appellee (Third-Party Defendant) 1977-03-05
Frank X. Becker, Appellee, v. Gerald McFadden, Brian McFadden and Bruce McFadden, Appellants 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Harry F. Duncan, Appellant 1977-03-05
Dirk W. Slavenburg, Appellee, v. Donald R. Bautts, Appellant 1977-03-05
Central Kansas Power Company, Appellee, v. The State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, Appellant 1977-03-05
Tamara Spaulding, Appellee, v. John S. Spaulding, Appellant 1977-03-05
Daniel J. Borth, Appellee, v. Clark Borth, Appellant 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Willie McKinney, a/k/a Marshall Medlock, a/k/a Ronnie Medlock, Appellant 1977-03-05
Norris V. McGilbray, Appellant, v. Scholfield Winnebago, Inc., Appellee 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Pascual F. Villa and Vincent Villa, Appellants 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Billy J. Henson, Appellant 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, ex rel., Vernon D. Grassie, County Attorney of Crawford County, Appellant, v. Gene E. Masterson, and The Western Surety Company, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Appellees 1977-03-05
State of Kansas, ex rel., Curt T. Schneider, Attorney General, Appellee, v. Robert F. Bennett, Governor of the State of Kansas, et al., Appellants 1977-03-14
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. James M. Kirby, Appellant 1977-03-25
State of Kansas, ex rel., Curt T. Schneider, Attorney General, Appellee, v. Robert F. Bennett, Governor of the State of Kansas, et al., Appellants 1977-03-31
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Bert Heath, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Joe Wayne Clark, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Kenneth Amodei, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Brenda Dowdy, Keith Banks, Judy Finlay, Danny Hanson, Sydney Scanlon, John Thomas Finlay, Larry Haith, Myron Haith, Ted Bryant, Alfred Hill, Leo J. McMahon, Michael J. Broadfoot, Boyd Douglas Ransom, Appellees 1977-04-09
John Mack Buford, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1977-04-09
Kansas State Bank, Appellee, v. Overseas Motosport, Inc., Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Roy Eugene Ames, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jack C. DeMotte, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Thaddeus Jones Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Gregory Glymph, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Donald F. Fisher, Appellant 1977-04-09
Kalman Febert, Appellant, v. Upland Mutual Insurance Company, Appellee, and Tefft & Donaldson Contractors, Inc., Appellee, v. Kalman Febert, Appellant, and Upland Mutual Insurance Company, Appellee 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Garth E. Morgan, Farrell D. Hauser, Sheldon W. Cordry, Leslie M. Morgan and OLinda D. Solorio, Appellees 1977-04-09
Vera M. Lentz, individually and as mother and natural guardian of Virginia L. Lentz and Mary C. Lentz, minors, (Leonard J. Lentz, Deceased), Appellees, v. The City of Marion, Kansas and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellants 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Gary F. Holmes, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Steven Charles Sanders, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Moore Childers, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Robert L. Burnett, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Vincent Hernandez, Appellant 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Larry Woods, Appellant 1977-04-09
Dennis Raymond Baker, Deceased, Pamela K. Baker, Appellant, v. List and Clark Construction Company, and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees 1977-04-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Albert Brocato, Appellant 1977-04-09
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Michael E. Boyd, Appellant 1977-04-09
Howard Killingsworth, Appellant, v. Dan Hawes, Appellee 1977-04-09
In the Interest of Michael A. Ferris 1977-04-09
Leroy Weber, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1977-04-09
Kansas City Millwright Company, Inc., Appellee, v. F. Kent Kalb, Successor to Harold A. Armold, Director of Taxation, State of Kansas, Appellant 1977-04-26
Sherman H. Sampson, LaFaye Sampson, Weston Sampson and Karen Sampson Ward, Appellees, v. Jack R. Hunt and Bonanza, Inc., a Kansas Corporation, Appellant 1977-05-14
Thomas Orrin Frevele, Appellee, v. Bernard McAloon and Lawrence Diebolt, d/b/a Diebolt Lumber and Supply, Appellants 1977-05-14
Donna M. Kelly, Appellee, v. Phillips Petroleum Company, Appellant; and Donna M. Kelly, Appellant, v. Phillips Petroleum Company, Appellee 1977-05-14
Jessie B. Miller, Appellee, v. R. O. Miller, Defendant, and Ima Kaye Miller, Appellant 1977-05-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Anna R. Bennett, Appellant 1977-05-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Donald L. Holthaus, Appellant 1977-05-14
Ellsworth Boldridge and Mary Boldridge, His Wife, Appellants, v. Estate of Walter A. Keimig, Deceased, Appellee 1977-05-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Kenny D. Hamilton, Appellant 1977-05-14
Trustees of Baker University, Appellants, v. Trustees of the Endowment Association of Kansas State College of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Kansas, Appellees 1977-05-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jesse Hutchinson, Appellant 1977-05-14
Donald Eugene Cipolla, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1977-05-14
Cleveland Crow, Appellant, v. City of Wichita, Appellee 1977-05-14
Jarrold Ayers, Appellant, v. Todd Christiansen, Appellee 1977-05-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. David L. Mims, Appellant 1977-05-14
Firemans Fund American Insurance Company, Appellee, v. Cleveland Chatmon, Appellant 1977-05-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Curtis Collins, Appellant 1977-05-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Antonio Washington, Appellant 1977-05-14
Mary Sprague, Administrator, Appellant, v. Marvin Copenbarger, Executor, Appellee 1977-05-14
Victoria Ann Shriver, Appellant, v. The Athletic Council of Kansas State University, a Corporation, Appellee 1977-05-14
Bert L. Gillig, Appellee, v. Cities Service Gas Company, a Corporation, Appellant 1977-05-14
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., Appellant, v. Harold Faulkner, dba Harold Faulkner Hauling, Towing & Wrecker Service, Appellee 1977-05-14
Lavon K. Fugit, Administratrix of the Estate of Louis J. Fugit, Surviving Spouse and Heir at Law, Individually and as Next Friend of Eloise Dalores King, Robert Louis Fugit, Donald Bruce Fugit and Theresa Cheryl Schmerse, Heirs at Law, Appellants, v. United Beechcraft, Inc. and Jack Creamer, Appellees 1977-05-14
In the Matter of the Estate of Wallace P. Hills, Deceased 1977-05-14
Jimmy W. Sullivan, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1977-05-14
Abraham Talley, Petitioner, v. State of Kansas, Respondent 1977-05-14
First National Bank of Hutchinson, Kansas, Appellant, v. C. E. Kaiser, a/k/a Conard E. Kaiser, Appellee 1977-05-14
Joseph W. Manley and Sue Ellen Manley, Appellants, v. Charles A. Rings, Appellee 1977-05-14
David C. Smith, Appellant, v. The Union Pacific Railroad Company, Appellee 1977-05-14
Donald ONeal Griffin, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1977-05-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Gary Dean Hoskins, Appellant 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Charles Eugene Marquez, Appellant 1977-06-11
E. Marie Harmon, Appellee, v. M. Rex Harmon, Appellant 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Charles L. Pierson, Appellant 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Gary M. Miller, Appellant 1977-06-11
Lola B. Jones and Marie R. Wilson, Appellants, v. Kansas Gas and Electric Company and The Gas Service Company; State Corporation Commission, Appellees 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Douglas Riles, Appellant 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Terry B. Brooks, Appellant 1977-06-11
Charles K. Cody, Appellee, v. Jayhawk Pipeline Corporation, Appellee, Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Appellee, and Workmens Compensation Fund, for the State of Kansas, Appellant 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Paul Lewis Blumenshine, Appellant 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Gary Lee Nelson, Appellant 1977-06-11
The State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Richard L. Dodson, Appellant 1977-06-11
Paul E. Foltz and William R. Just, d/b/a Town and Country Real Estate, Appellant, v. Pat Begnoche, Appellee 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Michael E. Gooch and Clara Dianne Crossno, Appellants 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Wilfred Mantz, Appellant 1977-06-11
Reece Shirley and Rons Inc., d/b/a Bonner Springs IGA, Appellants, v. Retail Store Employees Union and its Local 782, R.C.I.A., AFL-CIO, et al., Appellees 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Eric F. Smith, Appellant 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Lewis McDonald, Appellant 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Wayne E. Johnson, Appellant 1977-06-11
Jimmie Frank Foster, Franklin R. Yurk, William L. Breier, Delbert E. Highman, Appellants, v. Raymond D. Maynard, et al., Appellee 1977-06-11
Lawrence Makalous, Appellee, v. Kansas State Highway Commission and Truck Insurance Exchange, Appellants 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Charles T. Dotson, Appellee 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. James Dennis Jackson, Appellant 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Thirty-Six (36) Pinball Machines, Appellee 1977-06-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Michael A. Ferris, Appellant 1977-06-11
Robert E. Pitts, Appellee, v. Amy V. Marsh, Appellant 1977-07-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jerry E. Cunningham, Appellant 1977-07-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Lou Adams a/k/a Charles Edward Smith, Appellant 1977-07-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Edwina H. Love, Appellant 1977-07-11
B. W. Klippel, Jr., (Plaintiff), Appellant, v. Peter J. Beinar, (Defendant), Appellee, Happy Wildcat Oil Company, a Missouri corporation, (Defendant), and B. W. Klippel, Jr., (Plaintiff), Appellant, v. Joseph W. Vowell and Donald A. High, co-partners d/b/a H-V Oil Company, a partnership, (Defendants), Appellees 1977-07-11
Vivian L. Chapman, widow of Clinton Harold Chapman, Sr., Appellant, v. Wilkenson Company, Appellee, and Aetna Insurance Company, Appellee 1977-07-11
Amoco Chemicals Corporation, Appellee, v. Thomas L. Bach, Appellant 1977-07-11
Club Exchange Corporation, Attorney in fact for the Automobile Club Inter-Insurance Exchange, Appellant, v. Mary Searing, John E. Drury and Delores D. Drury, Bill R. Hartford and Joan K. Hartford, Ephram L. OBanion, Marion OBanion and Sharon OBanion, Edward M. Riggs, Erma L. Riggs, Appellees 1977-07-11
Alex R. Masson, Inc., Appellant, v. County Assessor of Wyandotte County, Kansas; County Treasurer of Wyandotte County, Kansas; Board of County Commissioners of Wyandotte County, Kansas, sitting as the County Board of Equalization of Wyandotte County, Kansas; and State Board of Tax Appeals of the State of Kansas, Appellees 1977-07-11
State of Kansas, ex rel., Nick A. Tomasic, District Attorney for the 29th Judicial District; Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Shirley C. Cahill and Joe Mulich, Board of Public Utilities of Kansas City, Kansas, Appellants and Cross-Appellees 1977-07-11
Kenneth M. Varney, Appellant, v. Emily D. Varney, Appellee 1977-07-11
City of Overland Park, Kansas, Appellee, v. David Matthew Rice, Appellant 1977-07-11
In The Matter of The Estate of Howard Lee Powell, Deceased, Vinita Powell and Vinita Powell, Administratrix of the Estate of Howard Lee Powell, Deceased, Appellants, v. Edith Dellinger, Appellee 1977-07-11
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Walter Jay Roseberry, Appellee 1977-07-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Donnie R. Pritchett, Appellant 1977-07-11
Eastern Distributing Co., Inc., Appellee, v. Terry A. Flynn, Appellant 1977-07-11
John Iseman and Ellen Iseman, His Wife, Appellees, [Cross-Appellants], v. Kansas Gas and Electric Company, a Corporation, Appellant 1977-07-11
Shirley Darlene Buck, Appellee, v. Albert Buck, Jr., Appellant 1977-07-11
Farmers Insurance Exchange, Appellant, v. Michael D. Schropp, a Minor, and The Estate of Clint R. Sohl, Deceased, Appellees 1977-07-11
Cities Service Gas Company, a Corporation, Appellant, v. The State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, G. T. Van Bebber, As Chairman, R. C. Loux and William C. Gray, As Members of Said Commission, and Their Respective Successors in Office, Appellees 1977-07-11
Major F. White a/k/a Major Bell, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1977-07-11
Albin S. Polonyi, Appellant, v. Wilma Polonyi, Appellee 1977-07-11
Laurence Finley, Appellant, v. Ethel McClure, Administratrix of the Estate of D. Jessie F. Riley, Deceased, Appellee 1977-07-11
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Fred Green, Appellant 1977-07-11
Irl Shutts, as Executor of the Estate of Althea Shutts, Individually, and as a representative of all that class of gas royalty owners under Phillips Petroleum Company oil and gas leases in the Hugoton-Anadarko area, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Phillips Petroleum Company, Appellant and Cross-Appellee 1977-07-11
Robert V. Mackey, Appellant, v. Civil Service Commission of Kansas City, Kansas, and The City of Kansas City, Kansas, A Municipal Corporation, Appellees 1977-07-11
Marjorie Fuqua, Appellee, v. Lyle R. Hanson, and Jorene J. Hanson, Appellants 1977-07-11
Elaine Galliart Giles, Appellant, v. Clifford T. Russell, Sr., and Ellen N. Russell, husband and wife; Betty L. Stancil and J. B. Stancil, husband and wife; Vera M. Dunn and Harold D. Dunn, wife and husband; Clifford T. Russell, Jr., and Blanca E. Russell; Judy A. Thompson and Ronnie L. Thompson and Charles D. Russell and his wife, Appellees 1977-07-11
Hazel Nix and Fred Schupbach, Jr., individually and as representative of all that class of gas royalty owners under Northern Natural Gas Producing Company and Mobil Oil Corporation oil and gas leases in the Hugoton-Anadarko area, Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. Northern Natural Gas Producing Company and Mobil Oil Corporation, Appellants and Cross-Appellees 1977-07-29
Lawrence E. Maddox, individually and as representative of all that class of gas royalty owners under Gulf Oil Corporation oil and gas leases in the Hugoton-Anadarko area, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. The Gulf Oil Corporation, Appellant and Cross-Appellee 1977-07-29
William J. Sterling, Helena Sterling and Robert E. Sterling, individually and as trustees of the estate of Edd Sterling, deceased; individually and as representatives of all that class of gas royalty owners under The Superior Oil Company oil and gas leases in the Hugoton-Anadarko area, Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. The Superior Oil Company, Appellant and Cross-Appellee 1977-07-29