Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Lasca
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte court of common pleas; William G. Holt, judge. STATEMENT. This was an action commenced by Charles Lasca, a minor about six years of age, by Nick Lasca, his father and next friend, to set aside a judgment rendered September 9, 1901, in the same court in favor of Nick Lasca and Anna Lasca, father and mother and next friends of Charles Lasca, a minor, against the Missouri Pacific Railway Company for $95 and costs.
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Error from Wyandotte court of common pleas; William G. Holt, judge. STATEMENT. This was an action commenced by Charles Lasca, a minor about six years of age, by Nick Lasca, his father and next friend, to set aside a judgment rendered September 9, 1901, in the same court in favor of Nick Lasca and Anna Lasca, father and mother and next friends of Charles Lasca, a minor, against the Missouri Pacific Railway Company for $95 and costs. The petition states that the defendant caused the judgment referred to to be rendered against itself; that there was no trial upon pleadings and proofs nor upon…
1Opinion of the Court
*316The opinion of the court was delivered by
Benson, J.:
The preliminary agreement, the entry on the judge’s minutes, the satisfaction of the judgment and the findings of fact all show that the former judgment was entered by consent only. The court upon inquiry learned that the boy had been injured by the defendant company, and that the parents had agreed for their son to accept.$100 in full satisfaction for the injury. There was no judicial examination concerning the facts or the extent of the injury. It was, as the agreement recited that it should be, a “friendly suit,” designed merely to give…
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