Prather v. Olson

Harman, C.J.:

This is an action for an accounting under a written cattle lease. By way of sanction the trial court entered a default judgment against the defendant for his failure to comply with a discovery order. Defendant has appealed.

Points on appeal include the court’s jurisdiction over the person of the defendant, the propriety of the sanction and the amount of the judgment awarded.

From the pleadings on file and the depositions of each of the parties the following appears. Plaintiff Ed Prather, an airline pilot who resided in Lake Quivera, Johnson county, Kansas, received information from…