State Ex Rel. Kansas City Light & Power Co. v. Trimble

GRAVES, J .

Certiorari to the Kansas City Court of Appeals on the ground of conflict of opinions. The case out of which this proceeding grows (John G. Miller, Respondent, v. Kansas City Light & Power Co., appellant) has had a long and checkered career. When the case of Miller v. Kansas City Light & Power Co. was tried in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, the plaintiff had judgment for $7,000. The defendant appealed to the Kansas City Court of Appeals, and there (without going into the merits of the case) the judgment was affirmed upon an alleged defect in appellant’s abstract of record,…