Legal Opinion

Pierce v. Downey

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1896No. 7819PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error from Pottaivatomie District Court. Ejectment by J. B. Pierce against Thomas Downey and others. A. H. Clark and A. B. Pomeroy were made defendants. Judgment for plaintiff. Prom an order granting defendants a new trial plaintiff brings error. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Martin, C. J.: On January 9, 1891, on a second trial in ejectment, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for lot 15 of block 15, in Butler City. A motion for a new trial was filed. January 12,1891, and *251a subsequent motion was filed two days later including some causes not embraced in the former. On January 17, upon hearing, a new trial was granted, and the defendants, being aggrieved by said order, were given time to make a case for the supreme court. It appears from the record that, during the pendency of the action, and on November 26,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bassett v. WoodwardSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Peoples State Bank v. Hoisington Cooperative Mercantile Manufacturing Ass'nSupreme Court of Kansas · 1925
  2. Tuthill v. MoultonCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1899
  3. Daughters v. German-American InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1900

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