Davis v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Cowley District Court. Trespass, brought by Wilson, to recover for injuries to his growing crops by cattle of Davis. The action was commenced in a justice’s court, and appealed to the district court, where it was tried at the July Term 1872, before A. H. G., pro tern. judge, and a jury. The case here presents several questions of practice respecting which the proceedings and the facts whereon they arise are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Error from Cowley District Court. Trespass, brought by Wilson, to recover for injuries to his growing crops by cattle of Davis. The action was commenced in a justice’s court, and appealed to the district court, where it was tried at the July Term 1872, before A. H. G., pro tern. judge, and a jury. The case here presents several questions of practice respecting which the proceedings and the facts whereon they arise are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The petition filed in the district court is as follows: [Title.] “Now comes the plaintiff above named and complains of the defendant,.and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This is an action to reverse a judgment of the district court of Cowley county. Plaintiff in error was *80defendant below, and appears from the record to have objected to every proceeding in the district court. Finding it recorded in the earliest law book that “in the multitude of counselers there is safety,” he seems to have thought that in a multitude of exceptions there is hope. His main objection seems to have been to the fact of a trial, as between the time the case was called for trial and the rendition of the verdict he made eight…
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