Legal Opinion

Jones v. City of Kingman

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided November 10, 1917No. 20,715PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Kingman district court; George L. Hay, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

’The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Christine Jones,'while riding in a buggy as the guest of a neighbor, who was driving, was injured by a runaway caused by the buggy top catching in the guy wire of an <electric-light pole in a street in Kingman. In an action brought iby her against the city the jury found against her, and she appeals from the judgment rendered on the verdict.

I. The city owns the electric-light plant, and had set out the pole at the intersection of Sherman street, which lies east and west, and Sugar street, which runs into Sherman street from the north. It was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. City of Wellington v. GregsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883
  2. Root v. Topeka Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  3. Marshall v. MarshallSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Brothers v. AdamsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1940
  2. Stahl v. StevensonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1918
  3. Dalke v. City of InmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1927

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