Legal Opinion

Wicks v. Smith

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 15, 1879PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error from Woodson District Court. Ejectment, brought by Solomon Smith and Julia Smith, as plaintiffs, against W. M. Wicks and Harrison Mays, as defendants, to recover certain real estate in Lyon county.

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Error from Woodson District Court. Ejectment, brought by Solomon Smith and Julia Smith, as plaintiffs, against W. M. Wicks and Harrison Mays, as defendants, to recover certain real estate in Lyon county. The action was commenced in Lyon district court, and afterward the place of trial was changed to Woodson county, where the case was tried at the June Term, 1875. It was brought to the supreme court at the July Term, 1877, and is reported in 18 Kas. 508. The judgment of the court below was reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial. At the November Term, 1877, of the district court, the…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

This action was here at the July term of the court for 1877, and is reported in 18 Kas. 508. It is again brought to this court by the plaintiffs in error to obtain another review of the proceedings liad in the court below, which resulted in a judgment of that court against them iu the new trial granted by this court. Many exceptions were taken on the trial, and several alleged errors are set forth in the petition in error, but in the argument contained in the brief of their counsel, the only alleged errors to which our attention is called…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. First National Bank v. PeckSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
  2. Stout v. HyattSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
  3. Sidney Smith & Son v. McNairSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
  4. Pearse v. PettisNew York Supreme Court · 1866
  5. Wicks v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877

3Cited by11 opinions

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  5. Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway Co. v. HuntlingSupreme Court of Colorado · 1919

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