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37 Kan. 70

Weaver v. Young

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1887

Supreme Court of Kansas · decided 1887-07-15

Error from, Marion District Court. Ejectment brought by Joseph M. Young against Daniel Weaver. Trial by the court at the March Term, 1885, and finding and judgment for defendant Weaver. Plaintiff demanded a second trial, which was granted. At the June Term, 1885, the plaintiff and E. J. Young filed a motion to substitute the latter as plaintiff in the action in place of Joseph M. Young.

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Decided 1887-07-15

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¶1Opinion by

Simpson, C.:

¶2The only question discussed by counsel on both sides in their briefs is, the power of the court to make the amendment. This consisted in substituting the name of E. J. Young as plaintiff, in the place of Joseph M. Young, who, by mistake of the attorney for defendant in error, was originally made the plaintiff in the action. E. J. *72Young is the wife of Joseph M. Young, and is the person to whom the deed was made, which is now claimed to have conveyed to her the title to the land involved in this controversy. We must confess that if this question were now presented to the court for the first time, we would have great difficulty in controlling the argument, and resisting the authorities cited by counsel for the plaintiff in error. The line of decision heretofore made by the court on this question is broad enough to embrace the amendment made in this case, and there is no error in the district court permitting it. In City of Atchison v. Twine, 9 Kas. 350, the action was brought by the widow, and the court permitted the administrator to be substituted as plaintiff; and this court, by Chief Justice Kingman, says that “ the power of the court to make the amendment is undoubted. Nor should we hesitate if it were the mere substitution of one name for another.”

¶3In National Bank v. Tappan, 6 Kas. 456, the action was brought in the name of Tappan. It turned out on the trial that the claim was in favor of the firm of Tappan & Weichselbaum, and the amendment was made and affirmed here.

¶4In Hanlin v. Baxter, 20 Kas. 134, the action was entitled in the name of John B. Baxter, and Wm. O. Baxter was substituted as plaintiff in the suit. These cases seem conclusive against the claim of the plaintiff in error.

¶5We recommend the affirmance of the judgment of the district court.

¶6By the Court: It is so ordered.

All the Justices concurring.
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