McATEE v. ST. PAUL'S MISSION

No. 42,884

190 Kan. 518 (1962)

376 P.2d 823

DORUS McATEE and MARY McATEE, Appellants, v. ST. PAUL'S MISSION OF MARYSVILLE, Marshall County, Kansas, a Corporation; ST. PAUL'S MISSION, a Religious Corporation; ST. PAUL'S MISSION EPISCOPAL CHURCH of Marysville, Kansas; ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith G. Sebelius, of Norton, argued the cause, and William H. Stowell and Doris Dixon Stowell, of Phillipsburg, were with him on the brief for the appellants.

Robert F. Galloway, of Marysville, argued the cause, and Keith W. Sprouse and Edward F. Wiegers, both of Marysville, were with him on the brief for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

JACKSON, J.:

The appellants as plaintiffs in the court below brought an action against the church known as St. Paul's Mission of Marysville, Marshall County, Kansas, a corporation, to recover damages for the wrongful death of their son. It is agreed that there is but one corporate defendant in the action and none other.

It might be said that as we understand the use of the word "Mission" in the name of the...

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