Reports of Kansas county and city court cases adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas 1862-1965

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Reports of Kansas county and city court cases adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas 1862-1965

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A collection of twenty-seven volumes containing summary reports of Kansas county and city court cases which were adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas from 1862 to 1965. The reports of county cases date from 1862 to 1964; reports of city cases date from 1862 to 1965.

3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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University of Kansas. Governmental Research Center

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Kansas. Supreme Court

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A supreme court was created in Kansas when it became a territory in 1854, composed of a chief justice and two justices appointed by the president for terms of four years each. When Kansas became a state, the constitution created a Supreme Court consisting of one chief justice and two associate justices elected from the state at large for six-year terms. In 1895, the legislature dealt with the problem of increasing case loads by creating the Kansas Courts of Appeal. However, this also was a tempo...