Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. Keller

31 Kan. 439

• Court: Supreme Court of Kansas
• Decided: January 15, 1884
• Status: Published

Opinion

Per Curiam:

The judgment in this case must be reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial, for these reasons: The judgment was rendered in vacation. (Earls v. Earls, 27 Kas. 538.) In overruling the motion for a new trial, the court held that “The verdict and special findings of fact are contrary to and unsupported by the preponderance of the evidence.” (The State v. Bridges, 29 Kas. 138; Williams v. Townsend, 15 id. 563; K. P. Rly. Co. v. Kunhel, 17 id. 145.) The testimony as to the time of the definite location of plaintiff’s road does not differ substantially from that given in the case of the same plaintiff against Mecklim, 23 Kas. 167, and the decision then made must control this question.

A new trial being necessary, we forbear any discussion of the question as to whether the land was within the ten-mile limit, or not.