Legal Opinion

School District v. Matherly

Court of Appeals of Kansas

Decided December 2, 1901PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — Hon. Chas. F. Booher, Special Judge. (1) The instruction for the defendant is clearly erroneous as a definition of domicile under the rulings of this court on former appeal and all other authorities. Lankford v. Gebhart, 130 Mo. 621; State ex rel. v. Einn, 38 Mo. App. 504; State ex rel. v. Banta, 11 Mo.

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Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — Hon. Chas. F. Booher, Special Judge. (1) The instruction for the defendant is clearly erroneous as a definition of domicile under the rulings of this court on former appeal and all other authorities. Lankford v. Gebhart, 130 Mo. 621; State ex rel. v. Einn, 38 Mo. App. 504; State ex rel. v. Banta, 11 Mo. App. 32. (2) Is not defendant forever debarred from making any defense against this note and are not plaintiff’s refused instructions the law ? (3) Both sides understood the issue. They settled it. “He is concluded by his own compromise; it was fairly made…

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.

The facts, which the evidence presented by the record in -the present case tend to prove, are very much the same as those presented by it when the case was here by appeal on another occasion — 84 Mo. App. 140.

At the trial, the court by an instruction for plaintiff declared to the jury: “The jury are further instructed that, under the law of Missouri, to entitle a person to send children to any particular school, without paying tuition, the party must be a resident of such school district. That is to say, he must not only be merely within the limits of the school district, but he must have an…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Scovill v. GlasnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  2. The Venus, Rae, MasterSupreme Court of the United States · 1814
  3. Metropolitan Bank v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
  4. Haysler v. OwenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
  5. Lankford v. GebhartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Biggs v. PenterMissouri Court of Appeals · 1902
  2. Barnard School District v. MatherlyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
  3. Northern v. McCawMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. Hanson v. YearyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
  5. McCrary v. ThompsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1907

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