Mendenhall v. School District No. 83
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Jewell district court; Richard M. Pickler, judge. STATEMENT. On September 12, 1905, the defendant in error commenced this suit in the district court of Jewell county to enjoin the plaintiff in error from trespassing upon its premises. The real question involved is the ownership of the land occupied by the district as a site for its schoolhouse.
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Error from Jewell district court; Richard M. Pickler, judge. STATEMENT. On September 12, 1905, the defendant in error commenced this suit in the district court of Jewell county to enjoin the plaintiff in error from trespassing upon its premises. The real question involved is the ownership of the land occupied by the district as a site for its schoolhouse. It appears that in 1898 the people .of this district desired to move the schoolhouse to a more central location, but had no site which was satisfactorily situated. David Ross resided in the district, and owned a farm near its center. He…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Graves, J.:
The plaintiff in error presents two questions: (1) Does section 322 of the code (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 4770), concerning transactions had with deceased persons, apply to corporations? (2) Will injunction lie to prevent a naked trespass to realty?
The school district, to show the transaction with David Ross, used as witnesses the district officers with whom Ross had conversations at and about the time the district accepted and took possession of the new site. Some of these witnesses were officers of the district when the transaction occurred, and…
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