38 Kan. 734 | Kan. | 1888
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is an action of replevin, brought by J. B. Graham against Thomas Shaw, for the recovery of nine sacks of wool, alleged to be worth $300. The nature of the case and the rights of the parties thereto cannot well be determined from the record before us. It seems that the sheep from which the wool was shorn were owned by G. Mills Graham and John Graham, partners as Graham Brothers, who were engaged in the live-stock business in Kansas. It is said that they borrowed a large sum of money from J. B. Graham, which was used in conducting their business. Subsequently John Graham died, and an administrator was appointed on the motion of his widow, and G. Mills Graham gave the required bond and continued the business of Graham Brothers, as the surviving partner. Later, and while he was in Chicago, an action was commenced against him in the superior court of that place by J. B. Graham for the recovery
“Such case-made cannot be amended or supplemented in this court by inserting anything therein or attaching anything thereto which did not belong to the case-made and constitute*737 a part thereof when it was originally settled and signed by the judge and attested by the clerk of the court below.” (Snavely v. Buggy Co., 36 Kas. 106.)
Also, see City of Fort Scott v. Deeds, 36 Kas. 621; Transportation Co. v. Palmer, 19 id. 471; Parker v. Machine Co., 24 id. 31; Building Ass’n v. Beebe, 24 id. 363.
As the record cannot be amended, and as the testimony contained therein is insufficient to sustain the judgment, it follows that the judgment must be reversed, and a new trial granted.