Court Opinion

ID: 9624071
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 06:49:58.094219+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:05:38.439834
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Smith, J.
(dissenting): I am unable to agree with the opinion of the majority. The opinion places too great an emphasis on the fact that these people were attending a lodge meeting. I would much prefer that the case be tried so that the record might disclose the actual facts. On this petition I cannot distinguish this case from Bedenbender v. Walls, 177 Kan. 531, 280 P. 2d 630. That was a case under the guest statute. A demurrer to plaintiffs evidence was sustained. This court affirmed and I dissented. My views are the same in this case as they were when I dissented in that one and I discern no distinction — hence I cannot concur.