Legal Opinion

Turner v. Webster

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1880PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error from Montgomery District Court. Action brought by Webster against Turner and another, partners, to recover for services rendered the defendants. Trial at the January Term, 1879, of the district court, and verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The defendants bring the case to this court. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

In an action commenced by plaintiffs in error, an attachment was issued, placed in the hands of the sheriff, and by him levied upon certain rnill property. Pending the attachment proceedings, the sheriff, under direction of plaintiffs in error, employed defendant in error to watch the property; and this action was brought by defendant in error, plaintiff below, to recover for such services. . That the sheriff was authorized by plaintiffs in error to employ defendant in error, and that the latter performed the services, are conceded facts.…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States Potash Co. v. McNuttCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
  2. Hudson Structural Steel Co. v. Smith & Rumery Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1912
  3. Brown v. QuintonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1912
  4. Koester v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1890
  5. Union Hosiery Co. v. HodgsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1904

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