State ex rel. Vance v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. June 3, 1882, the defendants, Lester M. Crawford and G. N. Boutell, recovered a judgment against the plaintiff, The State, which brings the case to this court. The nature of the action, and the facts, sufficiently appear in a case of the same title just decided, ante, and in the opinion, infra.
1Per curiam
This case grows out of, and is founded upon, the same facts as the case just decided, of this same title, except that upon the facts of this case another and additional question is raised, to wit, Is the remedy given by § 13, ch. 128, of the Laws of 1881, providing for shutting up and abating all places where intoxicating liquors are manufactured, sold, bartered or given away in violation of law, a civil action, or a criminal proceeding? Unquestionably, we think, it is a criminal proceeding. The entire section seems to be dealing with matters of a criminal nature, and not with matters of a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. ArmellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
- Felter v. ManvilleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1879
- Manville v. FelterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877