City of Atchison v. Twine
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Doniphan District Court. Et.tza Ann Johnson brought her action against The City •of Atchison, alleging that she was the widow and sole heir at law, of George Johnson deceased, and that the said George, within the corporate limits of said city, in January 1870, .being then in full life, of good bodily health, and of sound mind, and while keeping the peace toward all men, and conducting himself in an orderly and quiet manner, was, by a crowd of men, consisting of…
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Error from Doniphan District Court. Et.tza Ann Johnson brought her action against The City •of Atchison, alleging that she was the widow and sole heir at law, of George Johnson deceased, and that the said George, within the corporate limits of said city, in January 1870, .being then in full life, of good bodily health, and of sound mind, and while keeping the peace toward all men, and conducting himself in an orderly and quiet manner, was, by a crowd of men, consisting of about fifty persons, and constituting a mob, in an unlawful and brutal manner, wrongfully, .•and with great force and…
1Opinion of the Court
*356The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kingman, C. J.:
On the night of the 4th of January 1870 an armed mob took from the jail of Atchison county, in the city of Atchison, one George Johnson, and with other brutal treatment finally hung- him 'until he was dead. His-widow, Eliza Ann Johnson, brought an action against the city of Atchison to recover damages for the killing of her’ husband. After the issues were 'made up, the cause was-removed to Doniphan county for trial, where, on motion of plaintiff, William M. Twine, as administrator of the estate of George Johnson, deceased, was…
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