Case Name: The Kansas & Colorado Pacific Railway Company v. J. J. Lawrence et al.
Court: Kansas Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1896-05-08
Citations: 3 Kan. App. 276
Docket Number: No. 97
Parties: The Kansas & Colorado Pacific Railway Company v. J. J. Lawrence et al.
Judges: Dennison, J., concurring.
Reporter: Reports of cases decided in the Courts of Appeals of the state of Kansas
Volume: 3
Pages: 276–278

Head Matter:
The Kansas & Colorado Pacific Railway Company v. J. J. Lawrence et al.
No. 97.
Jurisdiction- — No Case Made. Where no proper ease made is attached to the petition in error, this court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine any question in the case.
Memorandum. — Error from Franklin district court; A. W. Benson, judge. Action by J. J. Lawrence and Martha Lawrence against The Kansas & Colorado Pacific ^Railway Company to recover damages for re fusal to construct and maintain a crossing. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant brings the case to this court.
Dismissed.
The opinion herein, filed May 8, 1896, states the material facts.
Waggener, Ilofton. & Orr, for The Kansas & Colorado Pacific Railway Company, appearing specially in this court for such company.
H. P. Welsh, for defendants in error.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Cole, J.:
This case arose from the same cause of action as that stated in the case of The Council Grove, Osage City & Ottawa Railway Company against J. J. Lawrence and Martha Lawrence (ante, p. 274), just dismissed by this court. By the record it appears that diming the trial of the cause, it having been suggested to the court that the Council Grove, Osage City & Ottawa Railway Company 'had ceased to exist, an order was made permitting said cause to proceed as against the Kansas & Colorado Pacific Railway Company, which was claimed to be the successor of the other company, and thereupon the.trial proceeded as against both of said companies, and a verdict was rendered and judgment entered against both.
A motion is filed in this court by the defendants in error to dismiss the petition in error in this case, for the reason that no case made has been served therein. We are of the opinion that the motion must be sustained'. The case ma.de which is attached to the petition in error in this case does not purport to be a part of the record in this ease, but it is certified by the trial court to be the case made in an action wherein J. J. Lawrence and Martha Lawrence were plaintiffs and the Council Grove, Osage City & Ottawa Railway Company was defendant. The plaintiff in error in this action in no way appears in any manner nor is its name mentioned in connection with the settlement of the case made which is attached to its petition in error.
There being no record properly before us, the petition in error must be dismissed.
Dennison, J., concurring.
Johnson, P. J., not sitting, having been of counsel.