(DOWNLOAD) "Wilson v. Wahl" by Supreme Court of Kansas # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Wilson v. Wahl
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 08, 1958
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This case presents a question of professional ethics on the
part of an attorney. On the night of April 24, 1954, a store building in the city of
Lyons, owned by Roy and Lulu Avery, was struck by lightning,
resulting in an explosion and fire. The Averys brought suit
against the city to recover damages, their theory being that the
explosion and fire were caused by the presence of natural gas in
and under the building which had leaked from defective gas mains
owned by the city. They recovered a judgment. On appeal by the
city we reversed with directions to grant a new trial. (Avery v.
City of Lyons, 181 Kan. 670, 314 P.2d 307.) Lizzie Wilson, Myrtle and Milton Brown, J.R. Mays, Sr., and
Naomi Sevier were tenants in the Avery building and they
sustained property damage as a result of the fire. In June of
1954 Wilson, the Browns and Mays contacted Edward Wahl, a
practicing attorney of Lyons concerning their claims against the
city, and he prepared a statutory (G.S. 1949, 12-105, since
amended — see G.S. 1957 Supp. 12-105) claim for each and which
each filed with the
[182 Kan. 534]