Legal Opinion

Klemp v. Winter

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1880PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Error from Leavenworth District Court. Action brought by Augusta Ktemp against Charles F. Winter, her former guardian, and the surety on said guardian’s bond, to recover money wrongfully detained from her under circumstances which are fully stated in the opinion herein. Trial at the May Term, 1879, of the district court, and judgment for defendants. The plaintiff brings the case here.

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Error from Leavenworth District Court. Action brought by Augusta Ktemp against Charles F. Winter, her former guardian, and the surety on said guardian’s bond, to recover money wrongfully detained from her under circumstances which are fully stated in the opinion herein. Trial at the May Term, 1879, of the district court, and judgment for defendants. The plaintiff brings the case here. The district court had jurisdiction (equitable) to hear and try said ease, because of the fraud both as to obtaining the orders of the probate court and said settlement agreement. (17 Kas.47; 7 Wall. 425; 9 Mo.…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This action was commenced on June 6, 1878,by Augusta Klempagainst Charles F.Winter, her former guardian, and Fred. Wulfekuhler, surety on the guardian’s bond, for money wrongfully detained from her under circumstances hereinafter stated. The facts of the case, as set forth in the plaintiff’s amended petition, are substantially as follows:

The plaintiff, whose maiden name was Augusta Schilling, was born July 4, 1859. In 1861, her father died, and in 1862, her mother died, leaving her a fatherless and motherless orphan. On February 3, 1864,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Payne v. HookSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. Shoemaker v. BrownSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
  3. Musick v. BeebeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1876
  4. Collamore v. WilderSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
  5. Jones v. BrinkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Busenbark v. BusenbarkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1885
  2. Slauter v. FavoriteIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Richardson v. HowardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  4. Rullman v. RullmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1910
  5. Stegman v. Professional & Business Men's Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1953

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