# Brown v. Johnson

> Supreme Court of Kansas · January 15, 1875 · 14 Kan. 377

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7883949

## Case

- **Full name:** Reuben M. Brown v. David Johnson
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Kansas
- **Decided:** January 15, 1875
- **Citations:** 14 Kan. 377
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Valentine
- **Judges:** Brewer, Kingman, Valentine
- **Cited by:** 11 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Valentine, J.:
The decision of this case is perhaps correct, as this was an action in which the court below had the power to send any or all. the issues to a jury to be tried, or to try them itself, at its option; but I dissent from the proposition, stated as broadly as it is in the second paragraph of the syllabus. A judge ordinarily has no right upon demurrer to evidence to weigh conflicting testimony, or to take a case from the jury where there is any evidence to support each and all the issues in the case.

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