The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-05
HOLDS UP HOME


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state board today when. it affirmed
decision of the Shawnee county dis
trlct court in a suit by the Heman
construction company. a corporation,
against Arthur Capper, former gov
ernor and member of the board of ad-
ministration. Suit was filed by the
construction company for money al
legged to be due from the state for
work on a new building at the Frn
poria state normal school.
Father Is Quite Safe
A father who allows his daughter
to take the family motor car and use
IL Tor hauling people to the polls at an
election is not liable for any damages
which may result from a collision.
DR.. S. S. Noble OF Wichita was asked
by a campaign committee for the use
Of his car one afternoon during the
election. His 16-year-old daughter
drove the car. While she was on her
way to get some voters. she ran into
and injured Minnie Stafford Suit was
brought against Doctor Noble for
damages, and the jury gave a tude-
ment for $4,000 which the court re-
duced to $1,S00- The supreme court
reversed the Sedgwick county district
court, and held that Doctor Noble was
not liable for any damages, as his
daughter, in driving the car, was not
acting as his agent.
Must ray Contracts.
When a. Kansas firm agrees to sell
a commodity at a stipulated price
within a stipulated time, it is bound
by that contract even though it MAY
serve notice that it will not make de-
livery. Persons holding such con-
tracts may Immediately begin action
and recover damages.
That was the decision of the SUI
preme court today in deciding that
RrfO no
granted him against the Cardweil
Grain company by the Shawnee county
district court. The CardweH COM
pany agreed to sell Uhl wheat at a
stipulated price in given time. Be
fore date of delivery. Uhl was advised
out waiting for final delivery time,
Uhl brought suit for damages. The
court held he was within his rights.
German Can Maintain Suit.
A man who tried to become a citizen
of the United States but failed previ-
Gus to the outbreak of war with Ger
many can bring suit in the Kansas
courts to collect damages under the
workmen's compensation act. This
was the decision of the Kansas SUI
preme court in the suit of William
Wolf against the Cudahy Packing
company, appealed from Wyandotte
county
The decision of the lower court was
affirmed by the supreme court
Wolf came to this country from, Ger
many in 1885 and took out his first
naturalization papers The papers
were later destroyed by fire and Wolf
neglected to complete his -naturaliza-
ton He was working for the pack
ing company previous to the outbreak
of the war and was given an enemy
alien permit to continue to work in
the packing house. He was injured
accidentally and brought the suit to
collect damages. The company con-
tended that Wolf had no right to bring
a suit But both the lower court and
the supreme court held that he could
bring action and maintain il in any
court in Kansas 81 s1-
Crimp Real Estate Agents.
A real estate agent must have
written authority to make a lease or
the lease is void under the ruling of
the supreme court today in the suit
of ]. s. Nave against S. H. Shaver APP
pealed from Sedgwick county. Nave
is a resident of Indiana and owns
some land near Wichita.
The land was rented to Shaver by
an agent who had written authority
to make a lease for one year. Later
| the agent without any additional au-
tlsority. renewed the lease for a year.
Suit was brought to keep Shaver off
the land. Both lower and supreme
courts held that renewal of the lease
was void because the agent had no
written authority for making it