Drumm v. Cessnum
Supreme Court of Kansas
' Error from Wabaunsee district court; William Thomson, judge. STATEMENT. This cause was tried below upon an .amended petition, which alleged, in substance, that in October, 1890, the defendants, A. Drumm, A. J. Snyder, and George T. Vance, maliciously, unlawfully, and without probable cause, caused plaintiff, James Cessnum, to be arrested on a warrant issued by J. D. Lewis, a justice of the peace of Wyandotte county, in pursuance of a complaint filed with said justice by…
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' Error from Wabaunsee district court; William Thomson, judge. STATEMENT. This cause was tried below upon an .amended petition, which alleged, in substance, that in October, 1890, the defendants, A. Drumm, A. J. Snyder, and George T. Vance, maliciously, unlawfully, and without probable cause, caused plaintiff, James Cessnum, to be arrested on a warrant issued by J. D. Lewis, a justice of the peace of Wyandotte county, in pursuance of a complaint filed with said justice by George T. Vance, charging plaintiff with obtaining from the firm of Drumm & Snyder the sum of $3587.44 under false and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Smith, J. :
It is assigned as error that the court erred in admitting in evidence a certified copy of the warrant upon which plaintiff below was arrested, for the reason that no proper foundation had been laid therefor, and no legal certificate was attached to it by any person authorized to make the same. The certificate is as follows:
“State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte, City of Kansas City, ss. This is to certify that W. A. Snook, the undersigned, is a justice of the peace of the city of Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and state of Kansas ;…
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