Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-12
To the Judges and lawyers; Try the Md
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THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT.
LIST OF OPINIONS FOR TuE JUNE
SITTING HANDED Down.
validity of the Topeka Hridgc Iion,lS
Afirmc,-Township I,ond DccIs-
lon Witch Affects the state
school Fund.

Topeka. Kos., July ii.-(sreciai) The
supreme court to-day closed its last term
untll october. by handing down list OF
opinions OF about the usual length. There
Is little OF general interest In to-dnys do
cislons. The most important is probably
In the Shawnee county bridge bonds case
In which the validity of $4,000 In bonds
voted at the last election to build Mclan
bridge across the kaw river is affirmed.
The bonds were attacked on the ground
that the Molnu structure was patented.
ana tina; In voting for that Kind OF bridge
the people were disobeylng tho provision of
the constitution upon taxation and depriv-
ing themselves of the right Of competing
bidders In constructing public utility.
Judge Johnston wrote the opinion and In
a common-scnsc way says the people are
no, to he deprived OF the right to vote
for the purchase OF patented article II
they need IT In their business.
Another case OF considerable interest Is
that OF Clinton l.. Caldwell who was re-
moved AS assignee of tho property OF An
gell Matthowson & Co. by the district court
of Labcttc county. caldwell was charged
by creditors with mismanagoment OF the
property. He appealed 10 the supreme
court, which now sustains the lower court.
In case brought to test the validity of
certain township rotuniing bonds IN Ness
county the court sustained chapter 80 Of
the laws of 1879, which has been brought in
question by number Of counties in Kan
sas that were conicstinr bonds voted dur
ing boom times of the bonds declared val
ID by this decision the Kansas state school
fund had about S6iOo0.
A full list of the opinions is ns follows:
By Chief Justice Martin.
NJ. Il. Young vs. the Chicago, Rock ISL
and x Pacific Railway c"mpany; error
G. II. Young vs.. the Chicago. Rock ISL
and & Pacific Railway Company error
from Merhsrson county affirmed. ,
t.fNt A. -
Company VS., Allie May Henry; error from
Usage county: reversed.
Bank Lnkin vs.. National Bank OF
Commerce; error from Kearney county:
i. Winter * Bro. VS. John r. Rltchic ct
al; error from Greenwood county; at-
Atchison. Topeka & Santa F'e Railrond
Company VS.. Ellen l., Ilill administrators:
error from jefferson county: affirmed.
Matilda Grey ct al vs. II. f, Holmes ct
al" fr" En 2goSh n%s I%s",E vs.
William NJ. Lcckic; error from klnsinan
county; reversed, ~ , sr,s,or.
error from sherman county; reversed.
BY Justice Johnston.
A,Ghs%n ToEskI snf6a snf5R Fs srror a'r9n rom
Atchison county: affirmed.
Missouri Pacific Railway Company VS.,
Charles II. Cooper; error from bourbon
'Giit,y George j. Rathbone vs.. James G. lIopper
ct al; original proceeding in mandumns'
Judgment for the plnintin. ..
State VS. John W. Fouk: appeal from
KnFman COUNTY; ps, TsySrsfia TNymrSsissoncrs Of Shaw
nee county error from shawnee county.
affirmed ,,,....
encc T.. Young ct al; error from Wyandottc
common plea, court rTneis't; .o,,os. .rro-
% A. j. ~ mlsiey ] ct al IS Frank Rlnglc ct
al error fr9m Reno = gGpny ay WoniaG ,0mnany ys
Ell" -. Lovelncc. error from johnson
county: reversed; ,,.
a. a. RsiarIs VS.; ]. Il, Grit'lth: error
from court Of appeals: reversed. l,-
Sn aFh Fror HRa rom 2G%f@ Go%Sy county ys Soac a
James James NJ. Russell vs. tho Western Union
clinton l.. Caldwell w, Angel. Mathew
son " Co.; error from l-abetto county; al
state STATE; vs. ]. H. scarlett; appeal from Fin
i e. Dennis vs.. Jacob Custer; error
from Franklin county; affirmed.
james Gowan ys. \. ;. Pierce; error
from Wyandotte county common pleas
Per cpr!am; ,,,.,.
A. Mlrhurg vs.. Huttie Il. Douglas, error
from jackson county; dismissed.
George Shears * son vs., George II. Price
ct al; error, from Reno county; affirmed.
National Bank Of Paoln VS.. y, o, Bhntn;
error from Miami county; certified TO tn"
court OF appeals CO.. ,..,....
Afnltlll ktESItf vs.. SiA0' iUSHtAil't
Company: error from Saline county, dis
Nicholas rlack vs. Sophia .Flack; error
r. +. McGilI ct al vs.: J. T, Pomeroy; er-
ror from Graham county; dismissed.
state VS.. Henry James; appeal from La
bette county: appeal dismissed,
4. A, Shaw vs, The First National bank
Of Peoria; error from Ellis county: dis
National Bank or Commerce VS.. John
Han ct al: error from Osborne county; dis
j. NJ. Harvey VS.. l.. e. Warner: error
from shawnee county: affirmed
-, Cassidy Bros: Commission Company vs.
Wyandotte county; dismissed.
Herman Kouut2e ct al VS.. F, a. Lepoli
ct ali error from Dickinson county; dis,
ASA Webster ct al VS.. Tho Missouri IA,
ciuc Railway Company error from court
of appeals: dismissed.
\. Il. White VS.. l.. II. Merriith ct ali
error from Ellis county; dismissed.
NJ. Il. Whitney ct al VS., o, 4, Ereesco
ct. al; error from Shawnee county; dis
city Of Kansas city vs.. F. \. GARNER,
appeal from Wyandotte county; appeal dis
CITY of Kansas City VS.. Frank Jcrsche:
appeal from Wyandotte county. appeal dis
j. q. o. Morse VS.. The Citizens State
bank: error from Sumner county, cortihed
to the court Of appeals,
Aetna Insurance Company VS.. $, II.
Mcleod: error from Marion county; peti-
ton for rehcaring ov"rruled.
Mary NJ Flannigan VS.. Joseph Waters:
error from Geary county, petition for re-
W. j, Hurd VS., NJ. NJ, Beck; original pro-
ceeding in quo warranto; petition for re-
Keystone Driller Company VS.. Cherry
vale Gas Company; petition to certify from
court OF appeals overruled.
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