REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. REPORTER: VOL. CII. NOVEMBER 20, 1917 APRIL 6, 1918. KANSAS STATE PRINTING PLANT. W. R. SMITH, STATE PRINTER. TOPEKA. 1918. 7-1778 ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1918, BY OSCAR LEOPOLD MOORE, Reporter, For the benefit of the State of Kansas, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. DEC 7 1918 JUSTICES AND OFFICERS OF THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME. The Supreme Court meets for the hearing of causes in every month except August and September, each session beginning on the first Monday of the month, except the January and July sessions, which begin on the first Tuesday of the month. (iii) JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF KANSAS, DISTRICT JUDGES, AND THEIR POST OFFICES. Dist. 1. HON. JAMES H. WENDORFF, Leavenworth, Leavenworth county. 2. HON. WILLIAM A. JACKSON, Atchison, Atchison county. 3. Division No. 1, HON. ROBERT D. GARVER, Topeka, Division No. 2, HON. GEORGE H. WHITCOMB, Topeka, Shawnee county. 4. HON. CHARLES A. SMART, Ottawa, Anderson, Douglas and Franklin counties. 5. HON. WILLIAM C. HARRIS, Emporia, Chase, Coffey and Lyon counties. 6. HON. EDWARD C. GATES, Fort Scott, Bourbon and Linn counties. 7. HON. SHELBY C. BROWN, Chanute, Neosho and Wilson counties. 8. HON. ROSWELL L. KING, Marion, Dickinson, Geary, Marion and Morris counties. 9. HON. FRANK F. PRIGG, Hutchinson, Reno, McPherson and Harvey counties. 10. HON. JABEZ O. RANKIN, Paola, Johnson and Miami counties. 11. HON. JAMes N. Dunbar, Columbus, Cherokee county. 12. HON. JOHN C. HOGIN, Belleville, Cloud, Republic and Washington counties. 13. HON. ALLISON T. AYRES, Howard, Elk, Chautauqua, Butler and Greenwood counties. 14. HON. JOSEPH W. HOLDREN, Independence, Montgomery county. 15. HON. RICHARD M. PICKLER, Smith Center, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne and Smith counties. 16. HON. ELMER C. CLARK, Parsons, Labette county. 17. HON. WILLIAM S. LANGMADE, Oberlin, Cheyenne, Rawlins, Decatur, Norton and Phillips counties. 18. Division No. 1, HON. RICHARD E. BIRD, Wichita, Division No. 2, HON. THORNTON W. SARGENT, Wichita, Sedgwick county. Dist. 19. HON. OLIVER P. FULLER, Winfield, Cowley and Sumner counties. 20. HON. DANIEL A. BANTA, Great Bend, Barton, Rice and Stafford counties. 21. HON. FRED R. SMITH, Manhattan, Clay, Marshall and Riley counties. 22. HON. WILLIAM I. STUART, Hiawatha, Brown, Doniphan and Nemaha counties. 23. HON. JACOB C. RUPPENTHAL, Russell, Russell, Ellis, Trego, Gove, Logan and Wallace counties. 24. HON. GEORGE L. HAY, Kingman, Barber, Harper, Kingman and Pratt counties. 29. Division No. 1, HON. EDWARD L. FISCHER, Kansas City, 30. HON. DALLAS Grover, Salina, Saline, Ottawa, Lincoln and Ellsworth counties. 31. HON. LITTLETON M. DAY, Greensburg, Ford, Kiowa, Clark, Meade, Gray and Comanche counties. 32. HON. GEORGE J. DOWNER, Syracuse, Seward, Stevens, Morton, Haskell, Grant, Stanton, Finney, Kearny and Hamilton counties. 33. HON. ALBERT S. FOULKS, Ness City, Rush, Ness, Lane, Scott, Wichita, Greeley, Pawnee, Edwards and 34. HON. CHARLES I. SPARKS, Goodland, Rooks, Graham, Sheridan, Thomas and Sherman counties. 35. HON. ROBERT C. HEIZER, Osage City, -Osage, Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee counties. 36. HON. FRED T. WOODBURN, Holton, Jackson and Jefferson counties. 37. HON. OSCAR FOUST, Iola, Allen and Woodson counties. 38. HON. ANDREW J. CURRAN, Pittsburg, Crawford county. |