Legal Opinion

Fletcher v. Wormington

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1880PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error from Greenwood District Court. Action brought by Fletcher against Wormington, for the purpose of subjecting certain land belonging to the defendant to the payment of a certain debt due the plaintiff. The facts appear in the opinion. Trial at the November Term, 1879, of the district court, and judgment for the' defendant. Fletcher brings the case here.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action brought by Mary J. Fletcher against Melissa Wormington, for the purpose of subjecting certain land belonging to the defendant to the payment of a certain debt. The plaintiff’s petition was demurred to, on the ground that it did not set forth facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was sustained by the court below, and the plaintiff now brings the case to this court for review.

The facts set forth in the plaintiff’s petition, (which facts were of course admitted by the demurrer,) are briefly and…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Brown v. BaxterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
  2. Head v. SpierSupreme Court of Kansas · 1903
  3. Meenen v. MeenenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1957
  4. Tilton v. TiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  5. Harris v. CalvertCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1896

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