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New v. Smith

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided March 11, 1916No. 20,358PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Greenwood district court; Allison T. Ayres, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is the fifth time this case has been before this court. (New v. Smith, 68 Kan. 807, 74 Pac. 610; 73 Kan. 174, 84 Pac. 1030; 86 Kan. 1, 119 Pac. 380; 94 Kan. 6, 145 Pac. 880.) It would serve no good purpose to restate the *581details of the litigation. The curious and the studious may refer to its earlier chapters in the reports of this court.

It is chiefly a lawsuit for the recovery of a farm. When the case arose, the plaintiff was a prisoner in the penitentiary for the murder of her husband. Her life sentence was commuted by Governor Leedy,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. New v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911
  2. New v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  3. Gatton v. TolleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1879
  4. New v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1903
  5. New v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Campbell v. DickSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  2. Alexander v. ClarksonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
  3. Martin v. StillieSupreme Court of Kansas · 1929
  4. Etenburn v. NearySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
  5. Franklin v. WardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918

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