Legal Opinion

Wilcox v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1886PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error from, Chase District Court. Action brought by Wilcox against Johnson and others, to recover $1,500, the alleged value of fifty-nine head of cattle belonging to the- plaintiff, and alleged to have been by the defendants converted to their own use. Trial at the April Term, 1884, and judgment for defendants. The plaintiff brings the case here. The material facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action in the nature of trover, brought in the district court of Chase county, by Horace H. Wilcox against Jabin Johnson and others, to recover $1,500, the alleged value of fifty-nine head of cattle belonging to the plaintiff, and alleged to have been converted by the defendants to their own use. The case was tried before the court and a jury, and the court excluded some of the evidence of the plaintiff and sustained a demurrer to the remainder, and rendered judgment in favor of the defendants and against the plaintiff for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Phillips v. ThrallsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
  2. Verner v. BosworthSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. RiceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887
  2. Leiber, Justice of the Peace v. ArgaubrightSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  3. State v. DureinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1902
  4. Crane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
  5. Berry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913

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