Legal Opinion

Vann v. Schaff

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided December 7, 1918No. 21,776PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Labette district court; Elmer C. Clark, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Hannah Vann obtained a júdgment against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company on account of injuries received by her while a passenger on one of its trains. The defendant appeals.

1. The defendant maintains that the judgment should be reversed because no valid service of summons was ever made upon it. If it is right in this contention, there is no occasion for • examining any of its other specifications of error. The sheriff’s return recited that the summons had been served by • delivering a copy to an agent of the company to sell…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Eastern Kansas Oil Co. v. BeutnerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
  2. Miller v. RichardsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Dickerson v. Burlington & Missouri River RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1890
  4. Perry v. District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada ex rel. County of EsmeraldaNevada Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Dye v. Denver & Rio Grande RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Ellingson v. Northwestern Jobbers Credit BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1929
  2. Shearer v. Farmers Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1920
  3. Vann v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1922
  4. Kansas, O. & G. Ry. Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
  5. Sioux City Seed Co. v. MontgomeryWyoming Supreme Court · 1930

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