76 P. 443 | Kan. | 1904
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Upon the application of plaintiff in error, February 25, 1902, the judge of the district court at chambers extended the time for making and
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary defines the word “to” as “ a term of exclusion, unless by necessary implication it is manifestly used in a-different sense.” Substantially the same definition is given in the American and English Encyclopedia of Law. In the following cases the word “to” has been used and applied as a term of exclusion : State v. Libby, 84 Me. 461, 24 Atl. 940; Stearns et al. v. Sweet et al. 78 Ill. 446; Wells v. Iron Company, 48 N. H. 491; Schumacker v. Toberman, 56 Cal. 508; People, ex rel. Burnham, v. Jones et al., 112 N. Y. 597, 605, 20 N. E. 577.
The court of appeals, in the case of Carden City v. Bank, 8 Kan. App. 785, 60 Pac. 823, held that an order of the trial judge extending the time for making and serving a case “to March 22,” expired March 21 at midnight. In the case of The People v. Robertson, 39 Barb. 9, the court, in passing upon the question of the termination of a lease of premises “from the 1st day of May, 1856, to the 1st day of May, 1862,” held that the sublessee’s rights under the lease expired at twelve o’clock midnight on the 3Qth of April, 1862.
Webster recognizes the words “to,” “till” and “until” as synonymous, in the sense here used. The Century Dictionary gives a like recognition to their use. This court held, in the case of Croco v.
The case-made was not served in time, and the motion of defendant in error must be sustained. The proceedings in error will be dismissed.