Gibson v. City of Wyandotte
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. Judgment was given in favor of the City of Wyandotte, defendant, at the March Term 1874 of the district court. A new trial was refused, and Gibson, plaintiff, brings the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
*1571. Suits against city; incompetent jurors. *156This was an action brought by Caroline Gibson, as administratrix of the estate of Thomas Gibson, *157deceased, against the city of Wyandotte for $10,000 damages. The first question arising in the case is one with reference to the competency of certain jurors. Four of the jurors who tried the case, to-wit, J. R. Blanton, Edward Lane, J. E. Landers, and J. A. McConnell, were residents, citizens, and taxpayers of the said city of Wyandotte. t> _£» ,i i i .oeiore these -jurors were sworn, they were duly J…
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