Legal Opinion

Scroggs v. Tutt

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1879PublishedCited by 21 opinions

M-ror from Wyandotte District Court. June 19,1878, Tutt and Balter made a motion in the district court to revive a certain judgment against Margaret E. Scroggs, as administratrix of the estate of James A. Cruise, deceased, which motion the court sustained at the July Term, 1878, and found that there was still due on the judgment the sum of $1,144. New trial denied, and the administratrix brings the case to this court. , At the December Term, 1878, of the district court, the…

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M-ror from Wyandotte District Court. June 19,1878, Tutt and Balter made a motion in the district court to revive a certain judgment against Margaret E. Scroggs, as administratrix of the estate of James A. Cruise, deceased, which motion the court sustained at the July Term, 1878, and found that there was still due on the judgment the sum of $1,144. New trial denied, and the administratrix brings the case to this court. , At the December Term, 1878, of the district court, the said administratrix, as defendant in a certain other action, had judgment against Tutt and Balter, plaintiffs therein,…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

In 1861, Thomas E. Tutt, Dent G. Tutt, and John F. Baker, had a claim against Wilkins T. Wheatly *183and Thomas F. Thatcher Tor money due, which claim they have ever since been trying to enforce. Portions of the litigation have been, to this court nine times, including the two cases which we now have under consideration. (See Tutt v. Ferguson, 13 Kas. 52; Scroggs v. Tutt, 20 Kas. 271.) The two cases which we now have under consideration are as follows:

First, A petition in error by Margaret E. Scroggs, plaintiff in error, as. administratrix of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hanson v. TowleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
  2. Collamore v. WilderSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
  3. Clawson v. McCune's AdministratorSupreme Court of Kansas · 1878
  4. Scroggs v. TuttSupreme Court of Kansas · 1878

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Atlantic Trust Co. v. DanaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
  2. Douglass v. LoftusSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911
  3. Manley v. MayerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  4. Angell v. MartinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1880
  5. Halsey v. Van VlietSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882

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