The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-07
Supreme COURT.
Decisions and Dispositions of
Cases of November Sitting.
Few Decisions of Importance
This Time.
NEW COURT WILL SIT
On January IL For the First
Time.
Full List of Decisions Handed
Down Today.

The supreme court has been in ses-
sion since Wednesday last in its new
room on the second floor of the south
wing of the capitol
The new room is large and handsome
" although plainly furnished. The
court adjourned yesterday afternoon,
having disposed of the following cases:
$3.50 Mosser VS.. Rock Island railroad
from Brown county; continued to Jan
uary
1882. Jarvis Conlzlin Manufacturing
Company POLAND from Harvey coun-
ty; dismissed.
1888 Rockford Insurance CO. VS.. Win
field from NeoshO Co.; continued to
December.
S9s5. Belcher VS.. State National bank
from Sedgwiek Co; motion to continue
Overruled, case dismissed
SsS6- Maft vs.. Rock Island railroad
from Wyandotte county; continued to
9477. Brown vs.. Davidson from sedg-
wick county; motion to dismiss; sub
mitted.
1852. Gordon vs.. Holder from Corey
county; motion to dismiss, submitted
1898 Mcclellan VS. Sefm from Morris
county; argued and submitted.
900s. WI g. W. Railroad company vs..
Quinn from Pratt county; continued to
December.
9ol7. Campbell VS.. Twombdy from
Pawnee county; motion to affirm; af-
1929. Kelley vs. u. P. Rv. co. from
Leavenworth county; dismissed
9o30. OFT VS.. Lindermann from Lyon
county; dismissed.
1O702- Cherokee and Pfttsburg Coal &
Mining Co. vs. Siplett; reversed and
remanded in accordance with stipula-
ton.
232A Kelley vs.. De Greer: continued
to December
sos8. Adkins vs. White from Reno CO.:
dismissed.
Sumner county; argued and submitted.
s04L Kerr vs.. Randall from Miami
county; dismissed.
s044. Moon VS.. Cox; dismissed.
9051. Jacob VS.. Graves from Reno Co..
continued to September.
9053- Thomas vs.. c. X & N. Ry. Co,
from Shawnee county; continued to
9057. Converse vs.. Bartels from King
man county; submitted
9059. Clement. Bane & Co. VS. Hart
zell from Chautauqua county; submit
9o61. Carter vs.. Christie. from Marion
county; submitted.
SS72- ScattergOOd VS.. Martin from Els
worth county; argued and submitted
1913. Ellis vs. Martin, from Ellsworth
county; argued and submitted.
1868. State of Kansas VS.. Mcdonald
from SedgWick county. submitted
1866 State of Kansas VS.. Smith. from
Ford county; continued to December.
9065- Miller vs.. Rush. from PaWnee
county; dismissed.
1910. A. T. & S. f. Ry. Co. VS.. Slat-
terry, from Sedgwick county; argued and
submitted.
9o73- Johnson VS.. Jordan. from Cowley
county; dismissed.
9077. Kelley vs.. Stevens, from Finney
county; argued and submitted.
90S2. Garrett vs.. Strubel from Stafford
county; argued and submitted.
9083. City Of Caldwell VS.. PurneIle.
from Sumner county; argued and sub
mitted.
9089. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Co vs.. Huntingdon from Bourbon coun-
ty; continued 10 December.
9096. City of CorcOrdia, VS.. Hardesty.
from Cloud county; dismissed
9102. Thompson VS.. Thompson HOus-
ton Electric Co, from Butler county;
dismissed.
9113. Lawrence VS.. Santa Fe r. R.
from Franklin county; continued to Sep
tember-
9I14 swentzeu vs.. Prescott. from Shaw
nee county; argued and submitted.
9118. Pittsburg Elect Ry. Co. VS.. KEEL
ly, from Crawford county dismissed.
9131. S. X Ry. Co. VS.. Pavey from
Douglas county; argued and submit
1868 State of Kansas vs. Newman,
from jackson county; continued to De
cember.
sls6. Walls vs.. Rohwer. from Lincoln
county: continued.
9137. Valley State Bank VS. Rurnham
Hanna Munger & Co., from Reno
county; submitted on motion to dis
miss.
1851. Cron vs.. Santa Fe r. r. Co..
from court of appeals; argued and sub
mitted.
1862. state Of Kansas VS.. AcGinnis.
from Cherokee county; continued to
December
1861. state of Kansas vs.. Smith. from
TregO county; continued to December
The supreme court viii not begin its
January sitting on the first Tuesday in
the month as it usually does but win
begin on the second Tuesday the 18th
of January
The Incoming chief justice will as
sumo the duties of his office on the 11th
of January, and will preside at the Jan
uary sitting.
This arrangement is made i'll order
that there shall be no cases heard by
the retiring chief justice in which he
viii not participate in deciding as would
be the case if court should be held the
first week in January and Chief Justice
wards before the court would possibly
have time to consider the cases sub
mitted at that sitting
The following opinions were rendered
by the supreme court OF the state of
Kansas today;
MARTIN. c. J.
Victoria v. Luse VS.. the Union Pa
ciflc Railway company; error from
Brown county; reversed.
A. E. kinchlow VS.. Midland Elevator
company; error from Wyandotte com
mon pleas; reversed.
The American Lead Pencil company
ct al vs. Mary E Champion ct al
error from Sedgwick county; affirmed.
s. B. Rohrbaugh VS.. Amelia L. Ham
lin ct al; error from court Of appeals;
reversed.
City Of Kansas City VS.. F. c. Grubel: