Legal Opinion

City of Wyandotte v. Noble

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1871PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error from, Wyandotte District Oowrt Euth A. Noble brought suit against The Oity of Wyandotte to recover damages for injuries sustained to certain lots and property in said city.

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Error from, Wyandotte District Oowrt Euth A. Noble brought suit against The Oity of Wyandotte to recover damages for injuries sustained to certain lots and property in said city. The petition stated that plaintiff was the owner of the “Gano House” property, which she had been accustomed to lease as a hotel, and the basement thereof she leased for stores and offices; that said building had been constructed with reference to the established grade of the streets on which it fronted; that the defendant “wrongfully and illegally, by its servants, officers, and contractors,” had raised the streets…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Yalentine, J.:

If the record of the case brought to this court is a true record of the proceedings in the court below (which probably it is not,) the case must have been prosecuted, defended, and tried with but little regard to established rules of practice. From the record brought to this court it would seem probable that the court below committed several errors, but none of them are made sufficiently to appear to authorize our interference. Many of the errors assigned in the petition in error seem now to be abandoned; and even those which seem to be…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Oldfield v. . the N.Y. and Harlem R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1856
  2. Vairin v. Canal InsuranceOhio Supreme Court · 1840
  3. Jones v. . OsgoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
  4. Cronk v. CanfieldNew York Supreme Court · 1857
  5. Hunt v. . MaybeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1852

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. PointerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
  2. Joseph v. First National BankSupreme Court of Kansas · 1876
  3. Irwin v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
  4. Arkansas Valley Agricultural Society v. EichholtzSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891
  5. Kerr v. ReeceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882

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