Legal Opinion

Dolbee v. Hoover

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1871PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error from Douglas District Gou/rt. Hoover sued DoTbec before a justice of the peace, alleging that “ defendant in April, 1870, unlawfully entered plaintiff’s close,” and there threw down a rail fence, and carried off the rails, by reason whereof cattle entered his field, and destroyed Ms crops. He claimed $241.00 damages. Trial was had, and judgment given for the plaintiff for $21.50, and costs.

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Error from Douglas District Gou/rt. Hoover sued DoTbec before a justice of the peace, alleging that “ defendant in April, 1870, unlawfully entered plaintiff’s close,” and there threw down a rail fence, and carried off the rails, by reason whereof cattle entered his field, and destroyed Ms crops. He claimed $241.00 damages. Trial was had, and judgment given for the plaintiff for $21.50, and costs. DoTbec appealed to the district court; and at the November Term, 1870, moved to “ dismiss the cause, for the reason that the justice had no jurisdiction of the action, the same being for trespass…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

Plaintiff in error, defendant in an action before a justice of the peace, appealed from a judgment against him to the district court, and there moved to dismiss the case. That motion was overruled, and this he claims was error. It was decided by this court in Brown v. Kimble, 5 Kas., 80, that the “ denial of a motion to dismiss an action made by the defendant is not one of the orders of the district court from which error lies to this court, until the final disposition of the action.” That decision disposes of this ease. See also Edenfield…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Brown v. KimbleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1869
  2. Edenfield v. BarnhartSupreme Court of Kansas · 1869

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Wells v. ShriverSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  2. A. T. & S. F. Rld. Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
  3. Pulliam v. PulliamSupreme Court of Kansas · 1947
  4. Eastern Kansas Oil Co. v. BeutnerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
  5. Singleton v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Kansas · 1949

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