52 Kan. 202 | Kan. | 1893
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The contention in this case is, that Hon. S. O. Hinds, district judge of the fourteenth judicial district, heard a part of this case in Saline county, but that before judgment was rendered the thirtieth judicial district was created, embracing Saline county, and that Hon. R. F. Thompson, as district judge of the thirtieth judicial district, disposed of the motion for a new trial and rendered judgment, and therefore that a new trial must of necessity be granted, under the authority of Bass v. Swingley, 42 Kas. 729. It appears from the record that, after the thirtieth judicial district was created, Hon. R. F. Thompson, as district judge, made additional findings, overruled a motion for a new trial, and rendered judgment. If the record showed nothing further, the case of Bass v. Swingley, supra, would be applicable. But it also appears that Hon. S. O. Hinds, the judge who first tried the case, also heard and determined a motion for a new trial before the thirtieth judicial district was created. He
Upon the cross petition filed by the defendant F. M. Schnee, it is claimed, as the agreement affecting the homestead is void, because Sadie E. Schnee, his wife, did not sign or consent thereto, that there could be no recovery by H. F. Crippen of the $59 mentioned in the agreement. We think otherwise. By the agreement signed by F. M. Schnee, he was to pay H. F. Crippen the sum of $59 for expenses
The judgment of the district court will be affirmed.