Cone v. Citizens Bank
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Memorandum. — Error from Sedgwick court of com- ■ mon pleas; Jacob M. Balderston, judge. Action by The Citizens Bank against Rufus Cone for an alleged conversion of personal property. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings the case to this court.
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Memorandum. — Error from Sedgwick court of com- ■ mon pleas; Jacob M. Balderston, judge. Action by The Citizens Bank against Rufus Cone for an alleged conversion of personal property. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings the case to this court. The statement of the case, as made by Dennison, J., is as follows : On January 10, 1888, the Kansas Furniture Company executed and delivered to the Citizens Bank a chattel mortgage upon its entire assets to secure an indebtedness owing by it to the said bank for the sum of $25,400, and at the same time executed and delivered to A. S. Martin an…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dennison, J. :
During the last trial of this case in the court of common pleas of Sedgwick county,- the *476defendant below submitted to the court 94 special questions, requesting that they be submitted to the jury, for answers. The court submitted them to the jury, and in presenting them he made use of the following language: “I want the jury to understand that these questions are got up to befuddle and mislead the jury so that there will be error in the trial of this case, so that the verdict may be set aside.”
Among the grounds upon which a new trial was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wheeler v. WallaceMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
- Cronkhite v. DickersonMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
- Walker v. ColemanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1895
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- Hamilton v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1928