Weil v. Ryus
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. Action brought by Weil against Ryus before a justice of the peace of Wyandotte county, to recover certain personal property; appeal to the district court, and trial therein at the April term, 1886, and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff brings the case here.
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Error from Wyandotte District Court. Action brought by Weil against Ryus before a justice of the peace of Wyandotte county, to recover certain personal property; appeal to the district court, and trial therein at the April term, 1886, and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff brings the case here. The record presents substantially the following facts: In 1884 the defendant was keeping a hotel at Wyaudotte, Kansas, and in February the plaintiff and his wife began boarding at the hotel under a contract to pay one dollar per day each. They remained at the hotel until the 16th day of October,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Clogston, C.:
The errors alleged, and which we are asked to review, are the refusal to give certain instructions asked for by the plaintiff, and giving certain instructions at the request of the defendant, and that no evidence was offered to show the value of the goods. The instructions asked for by the plaintiff and refused by the court are as Allows:
“2. If you find plaintiff was the owner of the property, then to give defendant the right of possession, the owner could give him that right in one of two ways; 1, by a mortgage; 2, by a pledge or power.
“ 3. If you find that defendant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bates v. WigginSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887
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