1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Kan.
  4. 255 Kan.
  5. 255 Kan. 774 (1994)
 

GILLESPIE v. SEYMOUR

No. 70,592

255 Kan. 774 (1994)

877 P.2d 409

WARREN BROWN GILLESPIE and POLLY GILLESPIE TOWNSEND, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. DOROTHEA WOFFORD SEYMOUR, as Co-Trustee of the BROWN-GILLESPIE TRUST ESTATE; DOROTHEA WOFFORD SEYMOUR, individually; PAUL A. SEYMOUR, JR.[*]; PAUL SEYMOUR, III; RUTH BASSETT; ROBERT W. BURDGE; GRANT-THORNTON, an accounting partnership; ARROWHEAD PETROLEUM, INC., a Kansas corporation; and BIG SPRINGS DRILLING, INC., a Kansas Corporation, Defendants/[*]Appellant, and DOROTHEA WOFFORD SEYMOUR, a Co-Trustee of the BROWN-GILLESPIE TRUST ESTATE; and DOROTHEA WOFFORD SEYMOUR, Individually, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. JAMES PAUL GILLESPIE, Executor of the Estate of Pauline Brown Gillespie, Deceased, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 8, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry L. Mann, of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Swartz, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Robert Martin, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellant.

Glenn D. Young, Jr., of Young, Bogle, McCausland, Wells & Clark, P.A., of Wichita, argued the cause, and Jerry D. Bogle, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFARLAND, J.:

This is an appeal from an award of punitive damages entered in an action by the beneficiaries of a trust for recovery of damages for oil and gas investments made by the Trust.

This is the third time the case has been before us. The factual background underlying the action is complex and is set forth in Gillespie v. Seymour, 250...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases