Casebeer v. Alliance Mutual Casualty Co.

The result reached in the majority opinion appears unjust and unreasonable. The appellee, Alliance Mutual Casualty Company, is now denied the fruits of its previous appeal (Casebeer v. Casebeer, 199 Kan. 806, 433 P. 2d 399) and this court now nullifies the judgment it reached therein. The claimant becomes entitled to the amount of the original district court award which we reduced by $2,633.10 in Casebeer. As stated by this court in Ratzlaff v. Friedeman Service Store, 200 Kan. 430, 436 P. 2d 389:

All that the law intends is just compensation — no more, no less— and neither side should be…