Legal Opinion

Turner v. Crawford

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1875PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error from Wyandotte District Cowrt. Action by Oscar Orawford and James T. Johnson, plaintiffs, against Wilson C. Turner, Hadley & Click, and Wm. B. Bowman, as defendants.

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Error from Wyandotte District Cowrt. Action by Oscar Orawford and James T. Johnson, plaintiffs, against Wilson C. Turner, Hadley & Click, and Wm. B. Bowman, as defendants. The object was to compel a compensation of the judgments which Turner had recovered at the October Term 1871 of said district court against said Orawford, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $261.65, debt and costs, against a judgment which Orawford had recovered against Turner, in the same court, at its June Term 1870, for the sum of $511.95, debt and costs, and that Orawford have judgment for the balance. Said suits…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

1. setting off judgments. It would seem from the record in this case that in 1870 Crawford and Turner each had claims for money agaihst the other. Judgments were subsequently rendered on these'claims — one in favor of Crawford and against Turner, and two in favor of Turner and against Crawford. The judgment in favor of Crawford was greater in amount than both of the judgments in favor of Turner. Afterward, said Crawford, and one Johnson, as plaintiffs, commenced this action against Turner and the other plaintiffs in error for the purpose…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Burnes v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
  2. Leavenson v. LafontaneSupreme Court of Kansas · 1866

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Dempsey v. Township of OswegoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1892
  2. Schuler v. CollinsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1901
  3. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad v. MurraySupreme Court of Kansas · 1897
  4. Cherry v. Erwin & ErwinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
  5. Gerson v. HansonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886

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