Stevens v. Maxwell

Citations

• 65 Kan. 835
• 70 P. 872
• 1902 Kan. LEXIS 146

Syllabus

<p>syllabus by the court.</p> <p>1. Practice, District Court — Province of Court — Duty of Jury, It is the province of the court to determine and define the issues in the case, and the duty of the jury to accept the interpretation of the pleadings made by the court and to follow its directions.</p> <p>2. -Improper to Send Jury to Pleadings. The practice oi sending the jury to the pleadings for the matters in controversy cannot be approved in any case, and where the pleadings are prolix and contain important and intricate averments, on some ol which no proof was offered, it is deemed to be material error.</p>