Legal Opinion

Douglass v. Geiler

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1884PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Error from Leavenworth District Court. The opinion states the nature of the action, and the facts. At the April Term, 1883, the court rendered judgment for costs against plaintiff Douglass, who alleges error, and brings the case here.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hurd, J.:

The plaintiff in error commenced this suit in a justice's court to recover $30, for rent of a lot from March 8, 1878, to March 8,1881. The defendant answered as provided by § 7 of ch. 81, Comp. Laws, claiming title to the lot. The justice certified the action to the district court for trial. In the district court the plaintiff filed an amended petition or bill of items, first, claiming $40, for the rent of the lot from March 8, 1878, to March 8, 1882, “as per a lease in writing under which the defendant had held over from year to year;'' and *501se…

2Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. PfefferleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  2. Hamilton v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  3. Baker v. Western Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1948
  4. People v. BilesIdaho Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Skaer v. American National BankSupreme Court of Kansas · 1928

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