Culp v. Mulvane
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Reno district court; M. P. Simpson, judge. STATEMENT. On October 5, 1898, the plaintiff in error, as plaintiff below, filed his petition in the district court of Reno county, Kansas, alleging that there was due him from the estate of R. R. Price, deceased, the sum of $12,887; that said claim had been duly presented to the probate court of Reno county, and, on the 17th day of June, 1897, allowed; that the said claim drew interest at the rate of ten per cent, per…
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Error from Reno district court; M. P. Simpson, judge. STATEMENT. On October 5, 1898, the plaintiff in error, as plaintiff below, filed his petition in the district court of Reno county, Kansas, alleging that there was due him from the estate of R. R. Price, deceased, the sum of $12,887; that said claim had been duly presented to the probate court of Reno county, and, on the 17th day of June, 1897, allowed; that the said claim drew interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, and that no part thereof had ever been paid. The plaintiff alleged further that the deceased R. R. Price in his…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Cunningham, J. :
Large space is given in the brief and argument of the plaintiff in error to a discussion of the question of actual fraud on the part of the Mulvanes. We think, if the findings of the court are to be upheld, that all these questions have been settled and will not need our consideration, so that the first question we are called upon to consider is whether the court erred in refusing to submit the case for final consideration to the jury, and in treating the findings of the jury only as “advisory” and not as binding and conclusive upon the…
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