Legal Opinion

Ward v. Baker

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error from Coffey District Court. Action by Baker on a judgment rendered on the 17th of August 1868 by the supreme court of Chautauqua county, state of New York, in an action then pending in said court in favor of Baker as plaintiff, and against Ward as defendant.

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Error from Coffey District Court. Action by Baker on a judgment rendered on the 17th of August 1868 by the supreme court of Chautauqua county, state of New York, in an action then pending in said court in favor of Baker as plaintiff, and against Ward as defendant. The petition set forth a copy of said New York judgment, which shows that the same was entered by the clerk in vacation, pursuant to the following statement, which was signed and verified by Ward, to-wit: (Title.) “I, Levi E. Ward, authorize judgment by confession, without action, to be entered against me in favor of Henry W. Baker…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

The questions in this case have already been decided by this court in the recent cases of Dodge v. Coffin, and Haynes v. Cowen, 15 Kas. 277, 637, and no further opinion is necessary. For reasons given in the opinions in those cases, this judgment will be affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Dodge v. CoffinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1875

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Otto v. DotySupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  2. Werz v. WerzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1881
  3. Peeples v. PeeplesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
  4. Council Bluffs Savings Bank v. GriswoldNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Dickson v. PattersonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1920

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