Struthers v. Fuller

CourtUnited States State Supreme Court of Kansas
Writing for the CourtSIMPSON, C.
Citation45 Kan. 735,26 P. 471
Decision Date11 April 1891
PartiesJOHN F. STRUTHERS v. A. M. FULLER et al

26 P. 471

45 Kan. 735

JOHN F. STRUTHERS
v.

A. M. FULLER et al

Supreme Court of Kansas

April 11, 1891


Error from Shawnee District Court.

THE opinion states the case.

Judgment affirmed.

Jetmore & Jetmore, and G. A. Huron, for plaintiff in error. D.E.

Sowers, and W. R. Hazen, for defendants in error.

SIMPSON, C., All the Justices concurring.

OPINION

[45 Kan. 736] SIMPSON, C.

This action was brought by John F. Struthers on the official bond of A. M. Fuller, as sheriff of Shawnee county, and Joab Mulvane, John Sutherine, and J. W. Stout, sureties on the bond, to recover the sum of $ 1,182.25 damages for the unlawful conversion of plaintiff's goods and chattels attached by the defendant as such sheriff in favor of Brown Bros. against and as the property of Schermerhorn Bros. At the January term, 1888, the case was tried by a jury and a verdict returned, and a judgment rendered for the defendants. The plaintiff, having made an unsuccessful motion for a new trial, brings the case here for review. The errors assigned are: First. Error of the court in overruling the motion of plaintiff for a continuance of the case. Second. Error in refusing to admit competent and material evidence offered by the plaintiff. Third. Error in admitting illegal and incompetent evidence for the defendants. Fourth. The verdict is not sustained by the evidence. Fifth. The verdict is contrary to law.

I. As to all the errors assigned, except the first, the record is in such condition that we cannot consider them. All these assignments of error are such as relate to matters occurring on the trial, and for which a new trial was asked, and the record must show that the action of the trial court overruling the motion for a new trial is assigned as error, or no question is properly raised for the consideration of this court. (Clark v. Schnur, 40 Kan. 72, 19 P. 327, and cases cited therein.)

II. The plaintiff below made a motion [26 P. 472] for a continuance, and supported it by an affidavit reciting that he could not go to trial safely without the presence of a material witness, one S. B. Maxwell; that he expected to prove by said Maxwell that [45 Kan. 737] the plaintiff purchased in good faith from Schermerhorn Bros. the personal property for the unlawful conversion of which this suit is brought; that said witness will testify that in the month of August, 1887, he resided in the city of Topeka, at No. 520 Harrison street, where he was keeping a...

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  • Wood v. French, Case Number: 2857
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Oklahoma
    • November 18, 1913
    ...931; Crutchfield v. Martin, 27 Okla. 764, 117 P. 194; Kilmer v. St. L. & Ft. S. & W. Ry. Co., 37 Kan. 84, 14 P. 465; Struthers v. Fuller, 45 Kan. 735, 26 P. 471; M., K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Horton, 28 Okla. 815, 119 P. 233; Standifer v. Sullivan, 30 Okla. 365, 120 P. 624; Fire Ass'n of Philadelp......
  • Pierce v. Manning
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of South Dakota
    • February 24, 1892
    ...effect of the holding of the court in that case; and the same view was subsequently taken of a similar case, (Struthers v. Fuller, 45 Kan. 735, 26 Pac. 471.) In both of these cases the court holds that a motion for a new trial having been made and denied, and such ruling not being assigned ......
  • James v. Higginbotham, 9,938
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Nebraska
    • May 2, 1900
    ...are, referred to in support of our conclusion: Carson v. Funk, 27 Kan. 524; Clark v. Schnur, 40 Kan. 72, 19 P. 327; Struthers v. Fuller, 45 Kan. 735, 26 P. 471; Dryden v. Chicago, K. & N. R. Co. 47 Kan. 445; Wright v. Darst, 55 P. 516; Douglas Co. v. Sparks, 7 Okla. 259, 54 P. 467; Beall v.......
  • The Coffeyville Gas Company v. Dooley, 14,466
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of Kansas
    • February 10, 1906
    ...motion for a new trial; therefore no questions arising upon the trial of the cause can be considered by this court. (Struthers v. Fuller, 45 Kan. 735, 26 P. 471; Dryden v. C. K. & N. Rly. Co., 47 Kan. 445, 28 P. 153; National [84 P. 720] Bank v. Jaffray,, 41 Kan. 691, 19 P. 626; Carson v. F......
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9 cases
  • Wood v. French, Case Number: 2857
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Oklahoma
    • November 18, 1913
    ...931; Crutchfield v. Martin, 27 Okla. 764, 117 P. 194; Kilmer v. St. L. & Ft. S. & W. Ry. Co., 37 Kan. 84, 14 P. 465; Struthers v. Fuller, 45 Kan. 735, 26 P. 471; M., K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Horton, 28 Okla. 815, 119 P. 233; Standifer v. Sullivan, 30 Okla. 365, 120 P. 624; Fire Ass'n of Philadelp......
  • Pierce v. Manning
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of South Dakota
    • February 24, 1892
    ...effect of the holding of the court in that case; and the same view was subsequently taken of a similar case, (Struthers v. Fuller, 45 Kan. 735, 26 Pac. 471.) In both of these cases the court holds that a motion for a new trial having been made and denied, and such ruling not being assigned ......
  • James v. Higginbotham, 9,938
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Nebraska
    • May 2, 1900
    ...are, referred to in support of our conclusion: Carson v. Funk, 27 Kan. 524; Clark v. Schnur, 40 Kan. 72, 19 P. 327; Struthers v. Fuller, 45 Kan. 735, 26 P. 471; Dryden v. Chicago, K. & N. R. Co. 47 Kan. 445; Wright v. Darst, 55 P. 516; Douglas Co. v. Sparks, 7 Okla. 259, 54 P. 467; Beall v.......
  • The Coffeyville Gas Company v. Dooley, 14,466
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of Kansas
    • February 10, 1906
    ...motion for a new trial; therefore no questions arising upon the trial of the cause can be considered by this court. (Struthers v. Fuller, 45 Kan. 735, 26 P. 471; Dryden v. C. K. & N. Rly. Co., 47 Kan. 445, 28 P. 153; National [84 P. 720] Bank v. Jaffray,, 41 Kan. 691, 19 P. 626; Carson v. F......
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