WILL v. HUGHES

No. 38,402

172 Kan. 45 (1951)

238 P.2d 478

MARVIN WILL, Appellee, v. JAMES HUGHES and MARGARET HUGHES, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 8, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Wheeler, of Marion, argued the cause, and Bruce C. Heath, of Abilene, was with him on the briefs for the appellants.

John M. Rugh and John F. Christner, both of Abilene, were on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

WEDELL, J.:

Defendants, a brother and sister, appeal from a judgment rendered against each of them for actual and punitive damages in an action instituted by a tenant of farm land.

The amended petition of Marvin Will, in substance, alleged: He was a tenant under an oral lease from August, 1947, to August, 1949, of a forty-acre tract of land in Morris county which was rented by the owner, Margaret Hughes; on...

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